Understanding TUPE : An Essential Legal Guide for Business Managers

The legal position surrounding business transfers in the UK and the EU is a web of complexity, resulting in uncertainty and confusion. This book provides a much needed, practical analysis of the law concerning business transfers and how it affects the relationship between employees and employers in the UK and the EU. The book considers the legal framework, case law and other current salient HR issues on transfers such as the impact of this law on outsourcing, contracting and 'best value'. With mergers, acquisitions and organisational restructuring an ever-present factor in today's workplace, this book will help busy managers make sense of complex legal issues and get a grip on recent case law and legislation.