This ThinkHouse TUPE Club Q&A deals with our Top 10 questions on:
- the key employment issues in Administrations and Liquidations; and
- how TUPE applies when there is an insolvency situation.
Q1. What is the effect of insolvency on contracts of employment?
There are various types of insolvency proceedings and these are designed to achieve various different end results. The different types of insolvency also have different consequences for the entity and employees.
Administration
On 11 October 2018, the Supreme Court (Court) vide its judgment in B.K. Educational Services Private Limited v Parag Gupta and Associates (Civil Appeal No. 23988 of 2017) clarified the applicability of Limitation Act, 1963 (Limitation Act) to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (Code).
Background