Eugenie Houston BL

The law on employment rights and obligations in transfers of undertakings is technical and complex. The Acquired Rights Directive, from which TUPE rights flows, is required to be interpreted purposively and the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union reflects that requirement. This means that the Court can and does change the direction of its interpretation of the Directive. In addition, the law on TUPE is not applied in the same way in Ireland and the UK.
Transfers of Undertakings in Ireland: Employment Rights is the only up-to-date book on Irish law on the transfer of undertakings and includes comparative analysis, where applicable, with the UK position.

Each chapter will follow a specific hierarchy:
Relevant Article of the Acquired Rights Directive, relevant section of Irish S.I., relevant ECJ jurisprudence, what this means in Ireland, Irish case law, difference between the Irish position and the statutory UK position

Essential reading for: Legal and accountancy practitioners, senior managers in the public sector, voluntary and community organisations, in-house Human Resource and finance and accounting professionals.

Eugenie Houston is a practising barrister with over 10 years of senior Irish and international Human Resources management and industrial relations experience in industry, with a particular emphasis on large-scale rationalisation and re-organisation projects, start-ups, mergers and acquisitions and management buy-outs. She has worked in the financial services, telecommunications, global logistics and distribution, media, FMCG, services and local-government sectors.

Bibliographic detail

ISBN: 978 1 84766 864 6
Publication Date: Jun-11
Format: Hardback
Availability: In print
List price: €175 / £150

Contents

1 Purpose of the Acquired Rights Directive; 2 What is an Undertaking? 3 What is a Transfer?; 4 Outsourcing; 5 Insourcing; 6 A National Court’s Application of the Directive; 7 Who is the Employer?; 8 Automatic Transfer of Employment Obligations; 9 Varying Conditions of Employment; 10 Privatisation; 11 Pensions; 12 Collective Agreements; 13 Employee Representation; 14 Due Diligence; 15 Insolvency; 16 Information and Consultation; 17 Transfer-Related Dismissals; 18 Data Protection; 19 Employment Injunctions; 20 UK TUPE Regulations.