Important TUPE Decision

 Nicholas Siddall has recently been successful in securing on behalf of the GMB Union a significant clarification as to the territorial extent of the TUPE Regulations. In the decision of Holis Metal Industries-v-The GMB and Newell the EAT held that the TUPE Regulations and the Acquired Rights Directive apply to a transfer of an undertaking from within the European Union to a country outside of the territorial scope of the EU Treaty. A copy of the decision of the EAT is available to download below;

holis_metal_ind-v-the_gmb-newell.pdf