Spijkers v Gebroeders Benedik Abattoir: ECJ 18 Mar 1986

ECJ Social policy – approximation of laws – transfers of undertakings – safeguarding of employees’ rights – Directive no 77/187 – transfer – meaning
(Council Directive no 77/187, art. 1(1).
The expression’ transfer of an undertaking, business or part of a business to another employer’ in article 1(1) of directive no 77/187 envisages the case in which the business in question retains its identity. In order to establish whether or not such a transfer has taken place, it is necessary to consider whether, having regard to all the facts characterizing the transaction, the business was disposed of as a going concern, as would be indicated inter alia by the fact that its operation was actually continued or resumed by the new employer, with the same or similar activities.

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[1986] 2 CMLR 296, C-24/85, [1986] ECR 1119, R-24/85, [1986] EUECJ R-24/85

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CitedRonald McLeod, James Welsh v Charles Bingram T/Aphoenix Taxis Rainbow Cars Ltd T/A Rainbow Taxis EAT 22-Apr-2002
EAT Transfer of Undertakings – Transfer
A company purported to dissolve, but the business was then effectively resurrected by the second respondent. The claimants asserted that there had been a transfer . .
CitedAllen and Others v Amalgamated Construction Co Ltd ECJ 10-Dec-1999
The European rules protecting employees rights on the transfer of undertakings operated also when employees when employees were transferred between two separate companies which were subsidiaries of another. They were legally distinct employers, even . .
CitedAstle and others v Cheshire County Council and Omnisure Property Management Ltd EAT 20-May-2004
EAT Issue whether Employment Tribunal asked itself the right question and/or was perverse in failing to find that the principal reason for the Council’s changed arrangements was to thwart TUPE and hence that the . .
CitedGefco UK Ltd v J S Oates Car and Delivery Co Ltd EAT 17-Jun-2005
EAT TUPE
Employment Tribunal correctly applied relevant European Court of Justice authorities in assessing the Spijkers factors and holding there was a relevant transfer of part of an undertaking. . .
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Updated: 22 May 2022; Ref: scu.134033