Parkwood Leisure Limited v Alemo-Herron

Tupe protects any collectively agreed terms incorporated into employment contracts at the time of the transfer. But where a group of public-sector employees is outsourced to a private-sector employer, this does not bring to an end the collective bargaining process, so new employers have found themselves with new terms agreed after the transfer through collective bargaining.
 

It’s untenable to have a normal retirement age in public-sector schemes that is significantly different from the state retirement age

Brian Bailey, Director of pensions, West Midlands Pension Fund and member of High Pay Commission