Just before the TUPE came into effect, Servisair promised its staff a pay rise. But between agreeing the pay rise, and it coming into effect, the TUPE happened. GATE are now obligied to pay the ex-servisair staff the pay rise that they would have got without TUPE. Naturally the original Gate Staff are entitled to nothing, and fall further behind.
On the flip side, any pay increase to Gate employees, has to apply to TUPE staff too. I am also told there is NO TIME LIMIT on their TUPE agreement either. Its all down to what was agreed at the time.
RTG - That all seems to sum it up well. The only thing, in the event of a pay review, there is no obligation to match the increase in money or percentage for the old and new contracts.
I have heard of TUPE staff getting a pay rise in line with inflation and the original staff being given an enhanced pay rise to try and reduce the gap.
Assuming union recognition was in place before the TUPE, this transfers too and if there was a multi year pay deal, this should be offered by the new company following TUPE. The same would be true with out union recognition, but the unions tend to fight for these things.
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