LRD guides and handbook May 2018

Law at Work 2018

Chapter 10

Dismissals and business transfers 




[ch 10: page 343]

It is automatically unfair to dismiss an employee where the sole or main reason for the dismissal is a business transfer or service provision change and there is no economic, technical or organisational reason for the dismissal entailing changes in the workforce (regulation 7, Transfer of Undertakings Regulations 2006 (TUPE)). Unlike most automatically unfair dismissals, this type of claim requires two years’ service. See Chapter 12, page 446.