TUPE Podcast Series – Information and Consultation Obligations

In this ninth episode of our TUPE Podcast Series, Katie Glendinning, a Partner in the employment team, will examine the information and consultation obligations under TUPE.

In this episode, Katie will cover:

• Who qualifies as the ‘appropriate representatives’ of the affected employees?
• The obligation to inform employees.
  • How should the information be given?
  • When should the information be provided?

• The obligation to consult with employees.
  • What are measures?
  • Who should carry out consultation on any proposed measures?
  • When should the consultation start?
• Consequences of failing to inform and consult.
• Employee liability information
  • What must be included
  • The implications of failing to provide it.

Please get in touch with our employment lawyers for advice if you have any questions or need assistance with TUPE.

TUPE Podcast Series

TUPE can be a very complicated area of law to navigate, and so we have designed a series of short podcasts to give you a really good overview of the basics.

1. When Does TUPE Apply? – Relevant Transfers
2. Service Provision Changes – Same Client and Fundamentally the Same Activities
3. TUPE Podcast Series: Service Provision Changes – Organised grouping and principal purpose
4. TUPE Podcast Series: Service Provision Changes – Single specific events or tasks of short duration
5. TUPE Podcast Series: Who Transfers?
6. TUPE Podcast Series: What Transfers?
7. TUPE Podcast Series: Changing Terms and Conditions
8. TUPE Podcast Series: Unfair Dismissal and TUPE
9. TUPE Podcast Series – Information and Consultation Obligations
10. TUPE Podcast Series – TUPE and Commercial Contracts