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TUPE or not TUPE....
Guillemot_Undecided
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Hello all! A friend recommended that I should post my question on your magnificent forum, so here goes...
A year ago, my employer announced that they would be closing down their UK office. Us employees were told that we would be integrated into another company using TUPE. The whole process was a painful one and all employees involved unanimously agreed that closing the UK office and integrating us into another company, still selling and supporting our original employer's products, would be a disaster for business.
A year down the line now, fully integrated into new employment and as predicted, business is far from great. Sales have slumped under the new employer and we are all left fearing for our jobs.
Rather interestingly, I learned yesterday that our original employer, unhappy with current business volumes, has apparently realised the error of their ways and is looking to re-establish a business in the UK. They are now advertising for staff (mine and my colleagues' old positions).
Is there any basis in employment law that would prevent my old employer for taking the steps of re-establishing the business and employing people in the UK? Are there any covenants attached to TUPE regulation that would prevent or hinder my old employer from doing what they intend to do?
Many thanks for reading this.
A year ago, my employer announced that they would be closing down their UK office. Us employees were told that we would be integrated into another company using TUPE. The whole process was a painful one and all employees involved unanimously agreed that closing the UK office and integrating us into another company, still selling and supporting our original employer's products, would be a disaster for business.
A year down the line now, fully integrated into new employment and as predicted, business is far from great. Sales have slumped under the new employer and we are all left fearing for our jobs.
Rather interestingly, I learned yesterday that our original employer, unhappy with current business volumes, has apparently realised the error of their ways and is looking to re-establish a business in the UK. They are now advertising for staff (mine and my colleagues' old positions).
Is there any basis in employment law that would prevent my old employer for taking the steps of re-establishing the business and employing people in the UK? Are there any covenants attached to TUPE regulation that would prevent or hinder my old employer from doing what they intend to do?
Many thanks for reading this.
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Nothing in employment law.
They sold the business and now want to start a new one.
There may have been condition with the sale/transfer to prevent a new business but that is for the owners.
Read the history of Toolstation to see the mistake Kingfisher made.0
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