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The employment law and personnel management issues that arise when businesses are bought and sold are of great concern not only to the employees but also to the management of both purchaser and vendor. This Report will help managers to understand the key practical and legal issues, achieve consensus and involvement at all levels, understand and implement TUPE regulations and identify the documentation that needs to be drafted or reviewed within the context of a merger, acquisition or disposal.
List of contents
1 Overview: personnel management issues and acquisition strategy; 2 Understanding the target; 3 Choosing an acquisition structure - implications for employees; 4 TUPE - consequences and effects; 5 Information and consultation - share sales; 6 Absorbing the target; 7 Precedents and drafting notes.
About the author
Michael Ryley is a partner at Pinsent Masons, where he is head of the Employment Law Group. He is a regular speaker and writer on employment law. He has written extensively on the impact of TUPE on business transfers and is a consulting editor of the employment volume of the
Encyclopaedia of Forms & Precedents and a contributor to Jordan's Employment Law Service. Michael is a member of the CBI's Employee Relations Panel.
