Employees transferring from us
In a situation where we are the transferor or sender employer, we commit to:
- transferring affected employees who are employed in the undertaking at the time of the transfer:
- on their existing contracts of employment (except for those dismissed for economic, technical or organisational reasons entailing a change in the workforce)
- on the same terms and conditions as we employed them
- ensuring a pension scheme which is broadly comparable to our scheme is provided to employees transferring. Pensions are considered and included as part of the pre-tender process
- ensuring the recipient employer takes over all of the:
- rights
- powers
- duties
- liabilities, in respect of employees transferring to it
- ensuring the recipient employer takes over any of our collective agreements. This includes recognition agreements applicable to employees transferring
- along with the recipient employer, making information available to workers' representatives and consulting with workers' representatives on matters related to the transfer
- providing all information to a future employer to enable it to:
- continue to pay and manage staff transferred from us under TUPE
- ensure employees transferred can carry out the work required
We will:
- complete any due diligence questionnaire supplied by the recipient employer
- provide statutory information as required by the TUPE regulations