Transferring employment between the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom: acquired rights and revising TUPE

JOHNSON, N. C. and WILLIAMS, K. (2007). Transferring employment between the public and private sectors in the United Kingdom: acquired rights and revising TUPE. <I>, 23, 285-304.

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Abstract

This paper analyses the reasons for the United Kingdom's long-delayed response to the European Union’s Acquired Rights Directive. It assesses the British government’s overdue updating of the domestic legislation in 2006 in line with the latest version of the Directive, attributing its dilatory response to a combination of technical legal difficulties and conflicting political objectives. The paper concentrates on the ‘privatisation’ of public services, explaining the most recent protection now available to workers whose jobs are out-sourced to the private or voluntary sector. Member States contemplating reform of their own regulatory regimes may find the British experience instructive.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright © 2007 Kluwer Law International
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018:	Law Research Group
Page Range:	285-304
Depositing User:	Ann Betterton
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2008
Last Modified:	18 Mar 2021 14:21
URI:	https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/707

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