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HR Update - Getting to grips with TUPE

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If you are thinking about expanding your nursery business and purchasing one or several more, then you may have heard of TUPE.

You may also have heard of it if you are looking to sell your nursery. So what is it and what does it mean for you as an employer? Jacqui Mann explains.

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) protects employees' terms and conditions of employment when a business is transferred from one owner to another. When a business changes hands. employees of the previous owner automatically become employees of the new employer on the same terms and conditions

So if you are looking to buy or sell a nursery along with equipment, customers, staff and goodwill, then TUPE would normally apply.

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