Employers should resist the temptation to use the occasion of a TUPE transfer to dismiss employees (with two years’ service and so eligible to claim unfair dismissal) with whom there is an ongoing performance or misconduct issue, as this is likely to be automatically unfair. The Court of Appeal has confirmed that an employee may … Read more
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that an employee may be automatically unfairly dismissed by reason of a TUPE transfer even if the employer has some other, personal reason to dismiss but has chosen to act on it because of the transfer. In Hare Wines v Kaur, the claimant had for some time had a … Read more
This month in our comparative table here, we consider the legal obligations on employers considering a transfer of business/undertaking, focussing on the position in China, Indonesia and Thailand. Read more
This month in our comparative table here, we consider the legal obligations on employers considering a transfer of business/undertaking, focussing on the position in Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. Read more
On 21 September 2018, the Minister of Labour announced the National Legislative Assembly’s (“NLA“) in principle approval of the draft amendment (“Draft Amendment“) to the Labour Protection Act B.E. 2541 (1998) (“Act“). Key changes and implications for employers are discussed below. Read more
HMRC has issued an update confirming that, with effect from 2 July 2018, where there has been a TUPE transfer of employees, all national minimum wage liabilities, including the full penalty amount, will now be enforced against the transferee employer, including penalties triggered by pre-transfer arrears. This highlights the importance of transferees obtaining an indemnity … Read more
Following a public consultation on the review of the Singapore Employment Act (the “EA”), the Ministry of Manpower (“MOM”) announced on 5 March 2018 that amendments to the EA will be implemented effective 1 April 2019. Read more
The French Supreme Court has recently issued an important new decision relating to the automatic transfer of employees in the case of asset transfers (the equivalent of the TUPE relations). In this decision the Supreme Court held that the transfer of all employees of a company without a site works council would be treated as … Read more
Employment law issues rarely determine the strategy for a multi-jurisdictional business acquisition, but they can certainly give rise to significant avoidable costs and delay if issues are not spotted in advance. In the Herbert Smith Freehills 2016 global survey, 57% of respondents cited employment regulations as one of the reasons a deal had failed to … Read more
