wow, must be so illegal
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No names or specifics
So glad this is not me.
The company I work for has lost a contract with a customer.
The staff how are part of this contract are TUPE'ing over to the new company.
New company has told the staff "If you don't resign right now and re-apply for you job, you may not have a job in 6 months"
so far some have done exactly that, but not all.
So glad this is not me.
The company I work for has lost a contract with a customer.
The staff how are part of this contract are TUPE'ing over to the new company.
New company has told the staff "If you don't resign right now and re-apply for you job, you may not have a job in 6 months"
so far some have done exactly that, but not all.
Cool story bro!
Seriously, though, the employees affected by this could club together and take some legal advice, or fire up their union if they have one.
The last two governments have given many employers a lot of confidence to treat employees like s
t, and it wouldn't be a bad thing if such an employer got a slap every now and then. TUPE can still be an effective slapping tool.
Seriously, though, the employees affected by this could club together and take some legal advice, or fire up their union if they have one.
The last two governments have given many employers a lot of confidence to treat employees like s
t, and it wouldn't be a bad thing if such an employer got a slap every now and then. TUPE can still be an effective slapping tool.TUPE seems to have some strange consequences. For example.... Rolex fire their advertising agency because the people are rubbish - they appoint a new agency and then have all the old rubbish people come across to the new agency under TUPE. A bit of a clunky example, but this type of thing is happening in the media industry.
TUPE would not usually apply when a client of a professional service firm decides to take its business to another professional service firm, but some advertising agencies have link ups with clients in which a dedicated team of the agency's staff are assigned to work on one important account. This group of staff may form what is in effect a sort of department of the client's business. That is rather different from the situation of the jobbing agency doing a gig here and there for different clients.
Breadvan72 said:
TUPE would not usually apply when a client of a professional service firm decides to take its business to another professional service firm, but some advertising agencies have link ups with clients in which a dedicated team of the agency's staff are assigned to work on one important account. This group of staff may form what is in effect a sort of department of the client's business. That is rather different from the situation of the jobbing agency doing a gig here and there for different clients.
I work in the advertising industry and it happens regularly.Breadvan72 said:
ACAS is useless! Lawyer up. Do it collectively to save resources.
That was my suggestion, but the 2 fools who signed away their length of service are plainly weak, that is how they got conned in the 1st place, the others told the new company to get lost and they'll TUPE over as per the regs with length of service and T&C's intact. Some rights associated with TUPE can only be signed away on the basis of a Statutory Compromise Agreement with various bells and whistles attached, made after the employee had received insured advice. Other rights cannot be signed away at all. Continuity of employment is in any event not a right, strictly speaking, but a calculation.
well I loose my contact at that place in two weeks (retires) so I doubt I will find out the outcome.
thank smeg I never worked there.
sorry I can't leak the companies involved names (one is big), but as I asked about this yesterday it would be pretty bloody obviously me who was the leak.
thank smeg I never worked there.
sorry I can't leak the companies involved names (one is big), but as I asked about this yesterday it would be pretty bloody obviously me who was the leak.
cirian75 said:
That was my suggestion, but the 2 fools who signed away their length of service are plainly weak, that is how they got conned in the 1st place, the others told the new company to get lost and they'll TUPE over as per the regs with length of service and T&C's intact.
TUPE doesn't guarantee there'll be a job in the new company anyway. It just means that they transfer to the new company on their existing Ts&Cs but could be made redundant the day they arrive (so the redundancy liability rests with the new company and not the one they are transferring from)Gassing Station | Jobs & Employment Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff