Also from the ACAS website.
Transfer of undertakings (TUPE)
Key points
TUPE applies when an undertaking or part of it is transferred from one employer to another where:
- all or part of a sole trader's business or partnership is sold or otherwise transferred
- a company, or part of it, is bought or acquired by another (if the second company buys or acquires the assets and then runs the business rather than acquiring the shares only)
- two companies cease to exist and combine to form a third
- a contract to provide goods or services is transferred in circumstances which amount to the transfer of a business or undertaking to a new employer.
Swissport are buying Servisair to consolidate and expand their position in the global ground handling market not as part of some investment portfolio. STN Ramp Rat and Dick Dasterdly I notice you still can't provide anything in writing from either your Union or Servisair to back up what you are saying. Servisair has changed ownership at least twice since I've worked there but both times our employer remained unchanged and the only changes were minor uniform alterations and new ID cards (Globeground, Penauille, then back to Servisair). This time however we will all become Swissport employees hence TUPE will apply. Swissport will want to run the business themselves.