Guidance

TUPE: guide to 2006 regulations

Guidance on the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 - for employers, employees and representatives.

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 22 November 2012
• Last updated: 15 January 2014 — See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Employment rights on the transfer of an undertaking: a guide to the 2006 TUPE Regulations (as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014)

Ref: BIS/14/502

PDF, 221 KB, 47 pages

Employment rights on the transfer of an undertaking: a guide to the 2006 TUPE regulations

Ref: BIS/09/1013

PDF, 127 KB, 35 pages

Details

Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE) provide rights to employees when their employment changes when a business is transferred to a new owner.

The January 2014 guide covers the TUPE Regulations as amended by the Collective Redundancies and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2014.

These amendments apply to:

• England, Scotland and Wales but not Northern Ireland
• transfers that take place on or after 31 January 2014

For transfers that take place on or before 30 January 2014

The January 2014 guidance will be relevant for most transfers that take place on or before 30 January 2014. In a few circumstances the July 2009 (BIS/09/1013) guidance will be helpful, however, it hasn’t been updated in light of more recent case law.

Published 22 November 2012
Last updated 15 January 2014 + show all updates

1. 15 January 2014

   New guide to the amended 2006 TUPE Regulations added, for business transfers that take place from 31 January 2014 onwards.

2. 22 November 2012

   First published.