TUPE or not TUPE? How AI and cloud are rewriting the rules of supplier transitions

Few IT leaders or staffers realize just how much automation, AI, and cloud delivery are disrupting the legal and human frameworks that underpin outsourcing - especially when it comes to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006, better known as TUPE. According to a recent McKinsey report, 92 …

[ParlezVousFranglais]

Rebecca - you forgot the last line of your article... "Don't forget, regardless of circumstances, the lawyers always win" - FTFY...

[Korev]

This is the UK, so solicitors surely...

[ParlezVousFranglais]

Well lawyers in the UK comprise both Solicitors & Barristers who's roles are completely different - I guarantee both kinds would charge handsomely for their time on a topic like this...

[Doctor Syntax]

"92 percent of companies plan to increase AI and tech investment, yet only 1 percent consider themselves to be AI-mature "

I suppose the remaining 7% is sampling error.

[Jedit]

"I suppose the remaining 7% is sampling error."

It's two separate questions.

(Although I suspect your intent is to imply that "AI-mature" and "increasing AI investment" are mutually exclusive, which is why you got a thumb up anyway.)

[katrinab]

No, 8% are not AI mature and don’t plan to increase investment

[Chris Evans]

Unclear!

e.g. "Smart suppliers and customers are already adapting their contracts" I suspect this is the contract between the old and new employer. Employees just need to know are they being transferred as per their current contract, offered a revised contract[1] or not transferred.

[1] AIUI if the revised contract is significantly different the employee can opt for redundancy. From which employer old or new would depend on the contract between the old and new employer. If the old employer sold a subsidiary that they were contracted to they would have no choice but the new owner would have to honour their contract, offer a revised one or make them redundant.