The following details have been supplied by the PCS HQ:
Earlier this year PCS Commercial Sector members fed responses into an internal PCS consultation which in turn informed a submission via the TUC as a response to Coalition plans to weaken TUPE protection.
PCS Commercial Sector members have considerable practical experience in dealing with TUPE and the consequences of business transfers and we know that albeit limited in practice, any weakening of TUPE will disadvantage workers.
PCS is opposed to the government's plans to revise the TUPE Regulations. The measures represent a major attack on basic rights at work and the ability for unions to protect their members' interests through collective bargaining.
If implemented, the proposals will do nothing to generate growth. Instead they will heighten job insecurity, and lead to a major erosion of pay and conditions and increased inequality for millions of employees affected by TUPE transfers each year.
The government has stated that during the review of TUPE rights 'it will ensure that fairness to individuals is not compromised, recognising that the regulations provide important protections'. However unions have been unable to identify a single measure in the consultation document which is designed to protect the interests of working people.
As the government's own, albeit inadequate, impact assessment concludes - business will be the primary beneficiaries of the government's proposals; whilst the vast majority of costs will be borne by employees.
Read the full TUC submission online here:
For more information contact commercialsec@pcs.org.uk
