Transfers — the key developments

• For dismissals on a TUPE transfer to be for an “economic, technical or organisational reason entailing changes in the workforce”, it is not necessary that the changes affect the whole workforce (case 1).

• For the purposes of the regulation 3(5) exception to TUPE, a “public administrative authority” is a public body whose functions involve the exercise of public authority, e.g. a regulatory authority (case 2).

• TUPE cannot preserve a contract term if, after the transfer, legislation makes that term unlawful (case 3).