Tag: tupe regulations

  • Changing Service Providers and TUPE-Does TUPE Apply?

    Whether the change of service providers is covered by the TUPE regulations will depend on the particular facts of the situation. Firstly, it is worth remembering that TUPE covers the transfer of undertakings. To be a transfer of an undertaking it must relate to a stable economic entity whose activity is not limited to performing…

  • TUPE Regulations -What You Should Know About the Transfer of Undertakings Directive

    TUPE. The Transfer of Undertakings Directive of 1977, which became part of Irish law by the European Communities (Safeguarding of Employees’ Rights on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations, 1980, protects the rights of employees where the business in which they are employed is transferred to a new owner. It is a significant piece of legislation if…