Transfer of undertakings overview

Produced by Tolley in association with

Employment Tax

Guidance

What is TUPE?

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246), commonly known as TUPE, have been in force since 6 April 2006. Up until that time the TUPE regime was contained in the Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981. The TUPE Regulations were most recently updated in 2014 (SI 2014/16). This guidance note takes in the effect of those latest amendments.

TUPE is based on the European Acquired Rights Directive, 2001/23 concerned with the protection of employees on the transfer of undertakings. This means that:

•
TUPE could apply whenever a business or individual buys something which has employees. It might look like an asset, or an activity, rather than a business, but TUPE may well protect those employees’ rights
For example, a shopping centre is likely to have cleaners, security guards or caretakers, whose employment could be transferred to a purchaser when it buys the building. Equally, if someone is taking over the provision of a service, the

Access this article and thousands of others like it
free for 7 days with a trial of Tolley+™ Guidance.

TAKE A FREE TRIAL

Dr John McMullen

Partner at Stone King LLP , Employment Tax

Dr John McMullen is a Partner at Stone King Solicitors LLP, United Kingdom, and a Visiting Professor of Law at Durham University. He has over 25 years of experience in employment law and is noted as being both a strategic thinker and leader in his field as well as being a practical hands-on lawyer. By peer acclaim he is one of the leading lawyers in the UK with national and international reputation. John is regarded as the leading expert in the UK on Transfer of Undertakings and he also has an international reputation in that field. He is the author of Business Transfers and Employee Rights, the leading work on transfers which also contains a chapter on transfer law and practice in Ireland along with his new book, Redundancy: Law and Practice. As well as being a writer and commentator on Mergers and Acquisitions and out-sourcing he advises the public, private and third sectors on the subject of staff transfers. This includes wide experience in mergers and acquisitions, out-sourcing, franchising and complex re-structuring. An all-round employment advisor, he is an editor of Harvey on Industrial Relations and Employment Law. He is an expert on the contract of employment and corporate governance in relation to employment issues.

Popular Articles

Personal Tax

Payment of tax due under self assessment

Payment of tax due under self assessmentNormal due dateIndividuals are usually required to pay any outstanding income tax, Class 2 and Class 4 national insurance, and capital gains tax due for the tax year by 31 January following the end of the tax year (ie 31 January 2025 for the 2023/24 tax year).

14 Jul 2020 12:52 | Produced by Tolley Read more

Corporation Tax

Qualifying charitable donations

Qualifying charitable donationsCompanies can obtain corporation tax relief for qualifying payments or certain transfers of assets to charity under the qualifying charitable donations regime. Definition of qualifying charitable donationThe definition of ‘qualifying charitable donations’

14 Jul 2020 13:03 | Produced by Tolley Read more

Corporation Tax

Terminal trading loss relief

Terminal trading loss reliefTerminal loss relief for trade losses in the final 12 monthsTrading losses incurred by a company in the final 12 months leading up to the discontinuance of trade may be carried back for up to three years from the period beginning immediately before that 12-month period.

14 Jul 2020 13:49 | Produced by Tolley Read more

��Ƶ