What is TUPE? -- When is TUPE likely to apply in the context of property management? -- What are the effects of TUPE? -- What happens if employees are dismissed around the time of a TUPE transfer? -- Duty to inform and consult -- Other effects of TUPE: workforce information; right to opt out; changes to terms and conditions -- Practical suggestions -- Tupe in practice, examples

This information paper looks at the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE). TUPE is the UK's implementation of the European Acquired Rights Directive, and its purpose is to provide employment protection on the transfer of a business from one individual to another, or a change in responsibility for a contracted out service. TUPE may affect property management where there is a "relevant transfer", either where a business or undertaking or part of one is transferred, or when a "service provision change" takes place. The Paper introduces property managers to the main issues surrounding the regulations and provides some practical suggestions.