Where would people stand?

[mollykins]

A few days ago, the owners of a local fish and chip shops sold the place and moved out without telling its employers. They went in the next day to find they worked for a different family, luckily they were kept one, but where would they stand if the new owners didn't want them? Should they have been given notice?

[4getmenot]

I'm sure she meant employees. They then went in the next day and had a new employer.

[supersuezy24]

Ah get it now 4get, Just reread it and makes more sense now, I suppose if they still have a job it's not a problem

[4getmenot]

I guess in this instance they knew they were handing over to someone else and that people would be kept on, but still they should have told the employees of a change of management. If the new owners wernt going to keep them on they would be given notice and any redundancy owed to them.

[mollykins]

I meant employees.

[cassa333]

That happened at my dentists practice.

The boss said goodnight see you all tomorrow and never came back. He had sold it to a plc healthplan dentist.

Luckily for them they were all safe initialy but I think that the new owners take them on under the old contracts then change them 'under consultation' in the normal way.

[mollykins]

According to my dad, who went there for his lunch, one of the people has been made redundant as they are no longer needed.

[dothawkes31]

why didn't he help you cook the chips?

[mollykins]

What are you on about dot? he was at work and went there in his lunch break.

aahhhhh.

[Eve]

Yes, it would more than likely be covered by TUPE. You should be able to find more info on the ACAS site Molly...too knackered to explain myself but, in a nutshell, it's the law covering what happens to employees in the transfer of a business.

It's to protect them from all just being got rid of but there are circumstances in which people can be let go.

Also, at the end of the day, the law is all well and good but the other employment laws and practicalities of taking any action if anything was done wrong also need to be considered.

[AlBags]

HADD OCcured to me ... New ownership means nothing to employees, really.
I'm sure they have contracts of employment for this chippie .. yerr .. right.

[bibblebub]

Was the brand of pickled gherkins changed when the new owners took over?

[mollykins]

ok thanks.

I dunno, I never had them there before and I haven't been in since.