The Manchester College v Hazel and another EAT/0642/11 & EAT/0136/12
Reports relating to this case:
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TUPE: Post-transfer harmonisation dismissal did not entail "changes in the workforce"
- Date:
- 6 February 2013
In The Manchester College v Hazel and another EAT/0642/11 & EAT/0136/12, the EAT upheld a ruling by the employment tribunal that dismissals as a result of post-TUPE-transfer harmonisation were automatically unfair because they did not constitute an ETO reason "entailing changes in the workforce".
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TUPE: Harmonisation after a redundancy process did not constitute an ETO reason entailing changes in the workforce
- Date:
- 13 September 2012
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that the tribunal was correct to find that the respondent did not have an economic, technical or organisational (ETO) defence in respect of the two claimants, who were dismissed as a result of harmonisation following a post-TUPE transfer redundancy process.