The announcement by Chancellor George Osborne (pictured) that he will review TUPE legislation has been welcomed by the PRCA, which believed that this will develop flexibility within the PR industry.
... Read more
The Chancellor George Osborne has told the Institute of Directors that he is planning a major review of employment law that will include TUPE regulation, an issue that has had a major impact on the media and marketing business over the last few... Read more
Feather Brooksbank will have to take on MediaCom staff in wake of the Scottish Government win. Top employment lawyer David Hoey of Brechin Tindal Oats looks at 10 things they will have to do.Recent media hype surrounding Feather Brooksbank winning... Read more
The Drum understands that TUPE regulations could come into play after Brilliant Media lost Asda's regional media account to Carat.The news that Asda has moved the £12m business to London raises questions as to what it will mean for the... Read more
The Drum has learned that news staff at STV will be entitled to invoke TUPE and join Scotland First, the proposed name for The Scottish News Consortium’s (SNC) regional news service. SNC comprises of newspaper publishers DC Thomson, the... Read more
The Scottish industry may have seen its first example of the TUPE employment measures in practice, following Cala Homes account move.When Clear Marketing was appointed it is understood it was forced to take over the employment obligations of nine ... Read more
A storm has been building around new employment laws, with the IPA calling for a TUPE exemption for the marcomms industry. But it is only now that the implications are really being felt in Scotland as, for the first time, the legislation hits home. Read more
With the agreed £226m sale of Standard Life Bank to Barclays, The Drum understands that four members of the Standard Life marketing team will be affected, moving over through TUPE.The four members of staff focused directly on the UK mortgage... Read more
Hard cases make for bad law, and the statute books are filled with complicated rules intended to make life easier, but which often have precisely the opposite effect. The TUPE provisions are a case in point; essentially a good idea with its heart... Read more
Tupe Terror The legislative reform means not only could agencies be forced to take on the incumbent’s employees, but they might not know it until they’ve signed on the dotted line. Mairi Clark looks into what it means for the industry. Read more
