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TUPE: Discrimination claims after objecting to a transfer

The EAT has explored whether an employee who objected to a transfer could bring a claim against the transferee under the Equality Act even though she was never employed by it, explains Jeffrey Jupp ‘At common law, an employee cannot be forced to work for someone else (Nokes v Doncaster Amalgamated Quarries Ltd). TUPE allows …

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TUPE: Justifying changes to contracts

Recent rulings seem set to make it easier to carry out post-transfer harmonisation of employees’ terms, report Andrew Taggart and Francesca Lopez ‘Providing a transferee can show a sound economic reason for the proposed changes that existed before the transfer, those changes may be valid after the transfer.’ Following a business transfer, the incoming employer …

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