Maria wrote:

Well not me, but my husband.
His job is cleaning a pub (not self-employed), which belonged until
yesterday to a brewery, who employed him. He has worked there for 6
months. He has been told that in law he should now be employed by the
new owner (not a brewery), but this morning the new owner wouldn't
let him in or answer the door. Can the new owner just ignore him and
hope he goes away, or what? Does he have rights, and what should we
do next?

Thank you.

There is no requirement when buying a business to take on the existing
staff, its up to the staffs employer to either redeploy or make
redundant .

If they are taken on then the employment terms should be substantially
the same and the service time is not broken

At six months he wouldnt have full protection from unfair dismissal
anyway
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