The TUPE Regulations act to protect employees rights during certain transfers of businesses or parts of businesses.

TUPE also applies to outsourcing of work (and indeed other types of service provision change). If, therefore, an employer loses a major contract or outsources it (in the motor industry this is frequently seen with valeting) then employees who are mainly assigned to that part of the business are likely to transfer with the contract to the new employer - who then inherits them and all their employment rights and liabilities.

Any employer who wins a contract should be wary that they may be inheriting more than they bargained for! 

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