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.

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.

I dont think 6 months gives him any rights. The new owner can do what he
wants.

Plodalong wrote:
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.

I dont think 6 months gives him any rights. The new owner can do what he
wants.


Doesn't he have to officially sack him or something?

"Maria" wrote in message
...
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.

He doesn't have the right to clean the pub but he does have the right to be
paid his wages. If he has worked for only 6 months he may not have any right
not to be unfairly dismissed. It may depend on whether his employment was
TUPE'd to the brewery from a previous employer.

The Todal wrote:
"Maria" wrote in message
...
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.

He doesn't have the right to clean the pub but he does have the right to be
paid his wages. If he has worked for only 6 months he may not have any right
not to be unfairly dismissed. It may depend on whether his employment was
TUPE'd to the brewery from a previous employer.

He was told that the brewery had TUPE'd him to the new owner, but he
only worked for the brewery in the last 6 months.
I have found some sources on http://www.out-law.com/page-448
but not sure when these rights kick in (re the 6 months).
May have to phone ACAS.

Maria wrote:
Plodalong wrote:
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.

I dont think 6 months gives him any rights. The new owner can do what
he wants.


Doesn't he have to officially sack him or something?

By post if he wants

Maria wrote:
and what should we do next?

Look for the whereabouts of the local job centre?

"Maria" wrote in message
...

He was told that the brewery had TUPE'd him to the new owner, but he only
worked for the brewery in the last 6 months.

If he's been TUPE'd he still has a job, but being TUPE'd implies that he
has some sort of job security, people who don't have any security usually
just get told to re-apply for their old job.

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

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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Maria wrote:

Plodalong wrote:
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.

I dont think 6 months gives him any rights. The new owner can do
what he wants.


Doesn't he have to officially sack him or something?

No , he/she never employed him thats down to the brewery

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