UK Government Response to Consultation on Proposed Changes to TUPE

On September 5, 2013, the UK government published a response to its January 2013 consultation in which it proposed a package of reforms to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (“TUPE”). The resulting changes will be implemented through regulations that the government intends to lay before Parliament in December and which, subject to transitional and savings provisions, are expected to come into force in January 2014.