Bull Northern I meant earlier when the squad were asked to take a 10% cut as a group which they declined. I agree with the above poster.

We're fans of the team. Carvell is not. He is a professional who has a family to raise: that comes first and foremost. After been lead on once by us he probably doesn't want to risk the chance of the club going under again and not been able to provide for his family. We need to rebuild our reputation. At the moment players don't trust us to sign fr us without getting in the financial poop.

I would bare no grudge If he left.

So he has signed for Hull then!
Sorry, couldn't resist.

If perchance he has not been paid, it will only be the January payroll, due IIRC last Wednesday. At a rough guess, given administrators were about to be appointed, it is quite possible none of the players were paid by OKB. I suspect that the directors could have been legally precluded from paying anyone at that time. If that was the case, then I would assume all players who did not object to the TUPE when the situation was put to them (I suspect was just before the appointment) will have been paid by BB2014 ASAP after the prepack transfer. If this was not the case, surely by now we would have heard of it?

Of course, if a player elected NOT to be TUPEd across at the time, then he would not become an employee of BB2014, and so would need to look to the administrator of OKB, and the Insolvency Fund, for his January salary.

Just speculating, as I have not details at all of what actually hgappened. And if anyone can improve on that with better information please do so. But it might just be an explanation for why he has allegedly been saying he has not been paid? And, if so, he will have brought it on himself by electing not to be TUPEd? And a lesson to anyone jumping to conclusions based on incomplete information?

Just so you know, when a company is re-employing more than 20 employees via TUPE, the employees are entitled to up to 90 days consultation period

Just so you know, you are wrong.

I don't know who Alison is.

How melodramatic.

Its actually just to give the employee the option not to be transferred. For any reason he sees fit. As has already been explained at length, by people who DO know things, he simply declines the TUPE transfer, on or before the transfer takes place, and is simply treated as having resigned.

Of course, that would mean, in an insolvency situation, any employment claims he might have will be against the old company.

Might also be worth mentioning that the TUPE requirements are relaxed somewhat where the transferring business is insolvent. This to encourage transferee businesses to take on (more) staff from the former. Picked this up from a major legal firm's website (Pinsent Masons) since far better summarised that I could attempt[iFinally, TUPE is relaxed to protect incoming employers where the exiting employer is insolvent. The liability for redundancy, notice and some other payments to employees will not transfer to the incoming employer. Also, if it is agreed with the trade union or employee representatives, terms and conditions of employment can be changed (without an ETO) if the change is designed to save a failing business. The idea is that companies will be more inclined to "rescue" insolvent businesses, thereby safeguarding employment, where the inherited liabilities are not so onerous.[/i

Of course, that provides more reasons for employees not to avail themselves of the TUPE, depending on if the new employer takes advantage of any or all of those relaxations.

Really

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Nope. You are still wrong.

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And hoist by your own petard.

Funnily enough, I was already familiar with that rule you quoted.

As you can clearly see from the wording, it refers to the PENALTY for failure to properly consult. NOT the notice period for consultation.

There is no defined period for consultation in the legislation.

Just so you know.

There is and you know there is

Really?

I guess one of our top legal firms must have got it wrong then, when on the same website I referred to above, it stated[iWhat do you need to do to comply with TUPE?

(1) Outgoing employer must inform and consult with staff

Employers involved in a business transfer must inform appropriate representatives of the affected employees of the transfer and any measures proposed, and must consult on any proposed measures. Certain specified information must be provided to the representatives long enough before the transfer to enable the outgoing employer to consult with them about it.

If there are any changes or proposals for changes following the transfer, these "measures" will have to be discussed with the representatives of the affected employees The incoming employer is required to provide the outgoing employer with information on proposed measures to allow the outgoing employer to comply with its duty to inform and consult. [sizeThere is no set timetable for consultation[/size, but the larger the transaction and the more staff affected, the longer the timetable will need to be.

If there is a failure to inform and consult, a complaint can be made to the Employment Tribunal. If successful, the Tribunal can award whatever compensation it considers just and equitable having regard to the seriousness of the employer's failure up to a maximum of 13 weeks' pay per affected employee. Information and consultation failures can result in joint and several liability between the outgoing and incoming employers, although the contract governing the transfer can cater for apportionment of liability here.[/i