We are in an IT dept. of about 12 persons, about 4 of whom are unionized.
The company is currently offering a reasonably good voluntary redundancy package but we IT people have been told that we may be outsourced under the "ToU-PE" arrangement, in which case we would not be eligible to apply for the redundancy package. Is this legal?
If so, what's to stop the new company getting rid of us soon after and just giving a pittance in statutory redundancy?
Also, is our current DB pension scheme guaranteed? If you refuse to transfer, does the original company still have to employ you? Thanks for any comments.....
The company is currently offering a reasonably good voluntary redundancy package but we IT people have been told that we may be outsourced under the "ToU-PE" arrangement, in which case we would not be eligible to apply for the redundancy package. Is this legal?
If so, what's to stop the new company getting rid of us soon after and just giving a pittance in statutory redundancy?
Also, is our current DB pension scheme guaranteed? If you refuse to transfer, does the original company still have to employ you? Thanks for any comments.....