TUPE stands for Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment). It is often used as an acronym for situations when employees transfer from one employer to another, when an organisation (or part of one) is transferred from one employer to another OR when a service is transferred to a new provider (such as outsourcing a service). The TUPE regulations protect your rights as an employee when you transfer to a new employer. It gives you as an employee protection from dismissal immediately before or after a TUPE transfer when the reason is related to the transfer itself. It also provided you as employee with protection in terms of your role, pay and benefits. TUPE sets out information and consultation obligations for both the outgoing and incoming employer. We can support organisations in managing TUPE transfers, including planning consultation and communications with employees, managing due diligence, drafting documentation and ensuring that any transfer is as seamless as possible for all affected.