TUPE, outsourcing, share and asset purchases

Access vital information about the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations, outsourcing, and share and asset purchases to adeptly manage employee rights, contracting processes, and transactional legalities during business transfers. Our comprehensive resources provide practical guidance for navigating these complex areas, ensuring compliance and safeguarding your clients' interests across various legal scenarios.

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Government publishes strategic steer to the Fair Work Agency, and other new and updated guidance

Government publishes strategic steer to the Fair Work Agency, and other new and updated guidance

The government has published a new document: Strategic steer to the Fair Work Agency, that explains the context for the establishment of the Fair Work...

Government updates guidance on creating an action plan to reduce the gender pay gap and provide menopause support

Government updates guidance on creating an action plan to reduce the gender pay gap and provide menopause support

The Government Equalities Office, Office for Equality and Opportunity, and Women and Equalities Unit have published updated guidance on creating...

CAC announces changes to statutory recognition scheme forms under Employment Rights Act 2025

CAC announces changes to statutory recognition scheme forms under Employment Rights Act 2025

The Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) has announced that, as part of changes to the statutory recognition scheme under the new Employment Rights Act...

ICO updates UK GDPR lawful basis guidance following Data (Use and Access) Act

ICO updates UK GDPR lawful basis guidance following Data (Use and Access) Act

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has updated its UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) lawful basis guidance to reflect the...

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Rates of SMP, SSP, Maternity Allowance etc to be increased in April 2024

Rates of SMP, SSP, Maternity Allowance etc to be increased in April 2024

The government has published proposed new benefit and pension rates for 2024 to 2025 including in respect of Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP), Statutory...

ET1 grounds of claim—indirect sex discrimination

ET1 grounds of claim—indirect sex discrimination

ET1 grounds of claim—indirect sex discrimination[Insert in para 8.2 of claim form ET1:]1The Claimant is a woman and the Respondent is [enter details,...

Waiver of notice

Waiver of notice

Waiver of noticeEmployers and employees can waive their right to be given notice when their employment relationship comes to an end.Waiving...

Constructive dismissal

Constructive dismissal

Constructive dismissaldismissal of an employee by their employer will typically be at the instigation of the employer. In other words, the employer...

Practice notes

The duty of fidelity and fiduciary duties

The duty of fidelity and fiduciary dutiesAll employees are under a duty of fidelity to their employer. The duty of fidelity is also known as the duty...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

TUPE—transfer of employees

TUPE—transfer of employeesThis Practice Note examines which employees transfer to the transferee under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of...
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30th May
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Practice notes

The early conciliation requirement

The early conciliation requirementstyle="width: 100%">Coronavirus (COVID-19): All proceedings in employment tribunals in England, Wales and...
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30th May
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Practice notes

The term of trust and confidence

The term of trust and confidenceThis Practice Note analyses the term or duty of mutual trust and confidence (in a fiduciary sense) implied or imposed...
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30th May
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Precedents

Employment contract basic version

Employment contract basic versionContract of employment dated [insert date]Parties1[Name of Employer] [of [insert address] OR a company incorporated...
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2nd Jun
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Practice notes

Garden leave and the right to work

Garden leave and the right to workIn broad terms, putting an employee on 'garden leave' means the employer sending the employee home on full pay...
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30th May
Precedents

Letter—secondment letter (employer—employee)

Letter—secondment letter (employer—employee)[to be typed on employer letterhead][Name of Employee][Address][Date]Dear [insert name of...
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30th May
Practice notes

Pre-employment checks

Pre-employment checksFORTHCOMING CHANGE: Under section 193 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (PCSCA 2022) the time it takes for...
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30th May
Practice notes

The unfair dismissal compensatory award

The unfair dismissal compensatory awardAn award of compensation for unfair dismissal generally consists of a basic award and a compensatory award. The...
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2nd Jun
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Practice notes

Reinstatement

ReinstatementReinstatement is one of the orders that may be made by a tribunal under section 112 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996)...
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2nd Jun
Practice notes

Disclosure in employment tribunal proceedings

Disclosure in employment tribunal proceedingsDocuments of one kind or another will form a significant part of the evidence in many employment tribunal...
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2nd Jun
Q&As

What should a collective grievance process look like?

What should a collective grievance process look like?Paragraph 47 of the Acas Code of Practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures describes a...
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30th May
News

Seventeenth edition of the Judicial College Guidelines published

The 17th edition of the Judicial College Guidelines (JCG) has been published two years after the 16th edition. The JCG is usually the starting point...
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3rd Jun
Precedents

Letter—long-term sickness absence (6): to employee confirming dismissal on notice (following final written warning)

Letter—long-term sickness absence (6): to employee confirming dismissal on notice (following final written warning)[To be typed on headed notepaper of...
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30th May
Practice notes

Wrongful dismissal compensation

Wrongful dismissal compensationThis Practice Note examines the remedies (heads of claim) available in the case of dismissal in breach of an employment...
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30th May
Q&As

Is high blood pressure a qualifying disability under the Equality Act 2010?

Is high blood pressure a qualifying disability under the Equality Act 2010?High blood pressure is also known as ‘hypertension’ (see NHS choices: High...
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30th May

Popular documents

Where an employee with less than two years’ continuous service is dismissed by a transferor prior to a

Where an employee with less than two years’ continuous service is dismissed by a transferor prior to a TUPE transfer, and the reason for the dismissal is the transfer, can the employee bring a claim for unfair dismissal, and, if so, will the transferee be liable?The Transfer of Undertakings

Does a change of employer within a group of companies give rise to a TUPE transfer?

Does a change of employer within a group of companies give rise to a TUPE transfer?Relevant transfers under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE 2006) are:•business transfers—involving the transfer of an undertaking or business, or part of an undertaking or

If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the

If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some

Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of case

Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application