HEWITT PLEDGES REFORM OF WORKERS' PROTECTION

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• Department for Trade and Industry

New proposals to improve the law covering employees' rights when thebusiness they work for transfers to a different employer wereannounced today by Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt.The changes to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection ofEmployment) Regulations 1981 - commonly known as the TUPE Regulations- aim to make the process of business restructuring and public sectormodernisation less threatening for employees and smoother to operatefor employers.The main proposals in the ... (1122 more words)

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