{"id":668,"date":"2014-10-10T16:41:33","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T15:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blsblog\/?p=668"},"modified":"2014-10-10T16:41:33","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T15:41:33","slug":"tupe-transfers-material-detriment-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/tupe-transfers-material-detriment-test\/","title":{"rendered":"TUPE transfers: material detriment test"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_robm_panel.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-21\" alt=\"blue_robm_panel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/blue_robm_panel-150x140.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a>The EAT has upheld an employment tribunal&#8217;s decision that a relocation of three and a half miles following a TUPE transfer was not a substantial change to bus drivers&#8217; working conditions to their material detriment. The employees were therefore not entitled to claim that they had been constructively dismissed or dismissed for the purposes of regulation 4(9) of TUPE 2006.<\/p>\n<p>This decision may be seen as beneficial to employers since it suggests that the material detriment test for employees to overcome to satisfy a regulation 4(9) claim may be higher than previously thought.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0checklist that explains when TUPE applies and sets out the different obligations a business involved in the transaction may owe under the legislation is available on request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The EAT has upheld an employment tribunal&#8217;s decision that a relocation of three and a half miles following a TUPE transfer was not a substantial change to bus drivers&#8217; working conditions to their material detriment. 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