TUPE: Harmonisation after a redundancy process did not constitute an ETO reason entailing changes in the workforce
TUPE | harmonisation | ETO defence
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) 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.