work in hospitals, rest-homes or educational institutions orderly work in hospitals or rest-homes caretaking work for schools, universities, polytechnics and other educational institutions What types of restructuring are covered by the protections for vulnerable workers? If you work in one of the specified industries, you'll be protected in the following types of restructuring situations: when the company you work for is sold for example, you clean for a cleaning company and that company is sold to a different cleaning company when the company you work for loses the contract for the work you do to another business (the Act calls this "subsequent contracting") for example, you work for a catering company that has a contract with an airport, and the airport then gives the catering contract to another catering company when the work you do is "contracted out" for example, you work for a school doing cleaning work and the school then gives the cleaning work to a cleaning company when the company you work for loses the contract for the work because the customer wants to do the work themselves (the Act calls this "contracting in") for example, you work for a catering company doing catering work for a rest-home, and the rest-home then decides to get the catering done by its own employees Employee can transfer to new employer In those restructuring situations, you have the right to transfer to the new employer, on the same terms and conditions. Before the restructuring your existing employer must tell you