By John McMullen
Updating author: Nicky Stibbs
A TUPE transfer occurs where a business, or part of a business, changes hands, or where a service is outsourced, insourced or transferred to a new provider, and employees move to a new employer with their existing employment rights protected.
Where a TUPE transfer is planned, employers are required to inform and consult employee representatives or affected employees about the transfer and any measures proposed in connection with it.
Use this model letter to inform employee representatives or affected employees that a TUPE transfer is to take place and any proposed measures.
In this guide, learn about:
- Letter wording
- How to use this document
- Supporting guidance for this document
- Key resources
- Notes
- Future developments
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About the author

Dr John McMullen
John McMullen was visiting professor at Leeds University Business School and a partner at Spencer West. As well as lecturing widely, John wrote on employment law, and his publications include the leading work on the transfer of undertakings, business transfers and employee rights. He also contributed regularly to legal journals such as Industrial Law Journal and Cambridge Law Journal, and to human resources journals such as Personnel Today and People Management.
John was an internationally recognised expert on the transfer of undertakings and the Acquired Rights Directive, and was involved in some of the largest transactions and cases involving the transfer of undertakings. He was a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and a Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies. In May 2004 John was appointed as a member of the Council of the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
About the author

Nicky Stibbs
Nicky Stibbs has many years’ experience in employment law having worked in the field since 2002. Her experience includes eight years as an associate at Bevan Brittan LLP. She also worked for several years as a senior employment lawyer at a unitary local authority. She has a broad range of experience in defending employers in the employment tribunal, advising employer appeal panels and on day-to-day employee relations, as well as TUPE and organisational change.
Nicky is a freelance writer of employment law articles for law firms. She works for Bevan Brittan LLP as a consultant solicitor and is an associate at Collingridge Employment Law, where she advises SMEs and individuals.
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