TUPE 8 November 2022 at 4:50PM in Employment, jobseeking & training 2 replies 85 views

Dynamic_Asteroid

I was tupe'd on and 18 hr contract June 2021.  I have 7 continuous years.  In August this year I extended my hours to 25, but the the sleep in shift I was doing was affecting my health and the company who knew about this health matter agreed I could relinquish it and had managed to cover it with someone else anyway.  But they have refused to reinstate my 18 hr Tupe contract and are sending me a new contract for 16 hour week.  Can they do this?  I have never agreed at any time to decrease hours.

Savvy_Sue

Almost certainly yes. The TUPE provisions apply to your contract at the time of the takeover. You agreed one change, then asked for another: they don't have to put you back on your original terms.

What does your union say?

Andy_L

Depends what you agreed to as part of the change to 25 hours and what your contract with the original employer said about contracted hours and varying them.