Originally Posted by
kcockayne
Possibly been asked before but, what happens when one company takes over from another - do all the staff all transfer to the new provider overnight ? And, if not, how does the new company ensure that it has sufficient validated staff to provide the required service ? Surely, it is not desirable to have a repetitive situation where the incumbent provider is regularly replaced by another ?
Staff transfer with the contract, under TUPE Regulations, which gives certain protections in terms of their contract of employment.
When NATS has lost contracts, certain staff who were employed prior to NATS’ 2001 Privatisation have the right to remain in NATS employment due to a protection that was negotiated at the time to do with their pension scheme. So NATS had to find (or at least offer) alternative postings. But that’s a pretty unique situation.