Draft regulations amending the Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE) regulations of 2006 have been introduced in Parliament. Key changes affect the information and consultation procedure and the scope of protection in case of amendments to the labour contract – notably the place of work or redundancy. They are in line with the Cameron administration’s big initiative to make labour law simpler. (Ref. 130692)
The regulations comprise changes which are less dramatic than those proposed during the government consultation (see article No. 130529). For example, the service provision change will not be ended as the government planned to. Broadly speaking, a service provision change occurs when a client outsources activities to a contractor, re-tenders for such activities or brings them back in-house. The effect of TUPE is that employees transfer automatically to the new provider, although for TUPE to ap
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