TUPE, dismissals and 'slimming down' a business

• Authors:
• Kim Pattullo
• Sheila Gunn
• Blair Adams

In CAB Automotive Ltd v Blake and Others the EAT held that in the situation where an administrator was "slimming down" a business with the intention of finding a buyer, an employment tribunal could view the reason or principal reason for dismissal as being connected to the potential TUPE transfer, even where a specific buyer has yet to be identified but that there was no economic, technical or organisational (ETO) reason for the dismissal.

Background

After RDS Automotive Interiors... (316 more words)

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