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Notice of termination

Hi this is a long story what should i do?
Im a very small cleaning company with 2 self emplyed staff that work for me. 2 weeks ago i found out the company i cleaned for 4 years have appointed another cleaning company without notifying myself (i found out on social media) one of my staff applied for more hours with them and thats how I found out they had taken it over. The new cleaning company brought the matter up with them on Monday morning while signing contracts and told them they wasnt happy i hadnt been informed and monday afternoon i had a notice of termination. Now this new cleaning company wants my staff details to tupe transfer over but they are self employed so do i need to do that. Sorry if ive confused you with my long post.

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  • General_Grant
    General_Grant Posts: 5,404 Forumite
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    Ask your self-employed sub-contractors whether they would like their details passed on to the new company as an introduction.
  • Savvy_Sue
    Savvy_Sue Posts: 47,778 Forumite
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    If your 'staff' are genuinely self-employed, then they can work for whoever they like, and cannot be TUPEd over. But I think you should be asking some other questions:
    • What were your contractual terms of business with the company who have just appointed new cleaners? Have they given notice in line with that contract?
    • Will you be able to find other work for your 'self-employed' cleaners?
    • Will they want other work?
    • Were these people really self-employed or did you just choose to treat them as such? There's a link to the questions you should be asking yourself here, and take note of the warnings.
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  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,307 Forumite
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    So, the client wasn't happy with the service, but they want to TUPE the same workers over...

    As noted, TUPE is for employees, not contractors/self employed.
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