TUPE: Contractual variation by reason of a transfer
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled that if the sole or principal reason for a change to an employment contract is a TUPE transfer then that change is void – even where it is beneficial to employees. Before the transfer of an estate management contract from Lancer to Astrea (the new service provider), the
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The question which often arise on the termination of an individual’s employment relates to the individual’s ongoing duty of confidentiality to his or her former employer. A decision handed down is significant since it was the first case in which the High Court considered the impact of the EU-wide Trade Secrets Directive (the “Directive”) (which
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