One in three go to tribunal

One in three firms involved in a TUPE-type transfer of undertaking become involved in a dispute resulting in their being taken to an industrial tribunal, according to a straw poll of contractors.

'The cost implications nationwide are simply mind boggling,' said Rudi Klein, secretary to the Specialist Engineering Contractors Group. The poll was taken last week at a special seminar on TUPE staged by the HVCA in conjunction with legal consultant Nabarro Nathanson.