Employment law cases

London Metropolitan University v Sackur and others EAT/0286/06

Reports relating to this case:

TUPE case law update

Date:

2 February 2007

This article looks at some of the important judgments in the area of the transfer of undertakings over the past year.
Transfer of undertakings: 'ETO' defence does not apply to harmonisation involving no workforce changes

Date:

29 December 2006

In London Metropolitan University v Sackur and others EAT/0286/06, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has confirmed that standardisation of employees' terms is not of itself sufficient to give rise to an ETO defence.