Originally Posted by
EESDL
Is this not a new contract - ie, the Babcock one has come to an end?
TUPE might apply if takeover during a contract - but then this is O&G so nothing is so predictable
It was the end of the contract when CHC moved to Bond as well. The TUPE laws do cover such transfer of ongoing operations...
The issue the pilots had last time, is that they were initially advised TUPE was effective because it was 365n to n3 .... then after about 2 months, the word came down the lawyers thought TUPE didn’t apply because n to n3 ...
The net effect is that everyone was pretty much forced to take Bond T’s & C’s at short notice - no time to negotiate or make a plan B, with only about 6 weeks to changeover. For some that was a major pay cut, for others a somewhat forced retirement on New Year’s Eve.
BG