Hospitality TUPE Transfer Checklist

About this guide

Buying, selling or taking over a hospitality business brings plenty of commercial questions. There is another one that deserves the same care: what happens to the people already working there?

Under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations, known as TUPE, employees may transfer to the new employer with important rights. The Hospitality TUPE Transfer Checklist explains the essentials in plain English, helps you spot issues early and gives you a practical checklist so you can have better conversations with your advisers, the other employer and the people affected.

What’s inside

• What TUPE is
• Does TUPE apply to my business?
• Preparing for a successful TUPE transfer
• The hospitality TUPE transfer checklist
• Common TUPE mistakes and how to avoid them

Who it’s for

• Owners buying, selling or taking over a hotel, restaurant, pub or café
• Operators taking on or handing back an outsourced service
• Managers who need to lead a team through a change of ownership

Part of the WINC HR Confidence Guide Series

This is guide 04 of 8 in the WINC HR Confidence Guide Series: free, practical guides for owners and managers of independent hotels, restaurants, pubs and cafés who want to make better people decisions without the jargon. Each guide pairs plain-English guidance with checklists, questions and space to plan. Guidance is for UK use (England and Wales) and is not legal advice.