FAQs

All items: Termination of employment

If a TUPE transfer results in redundancies, which employer is responsible for the redundancy process and payments?
Where employees are dismissed as a result of a TUPE transfer, will the dismissals be unfair?
What happens if a client changes supplier due to complaints about the supplier's employees, but those employees transfer to the new supplier under TUPE?
Does an employee need a minimum period of service to bring a claim of unfair dismissal when dismissed by reason of a TUPE transfer?
Under the TUPE legislation, where an employee has a bad attendance or disciplinary record, is the transferee obliged to accept the employee?
Where a transferee has no need for the employees transferred to it under TUPE, should the redundancy pool also include its existing employees?
If an employee in a TUPE situation refuses to transfer, to which employer should they submit their resignation?
If an employee in a TUPE situation refuses to transfer, will they be entitled to a redundancy payment?
Can an employee refuse to transfer under the TUPE Regulations 2006?

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