I will be 71 in March this year and have worked for my employer for 10 years as an Independent Advocate we are 10 months into a contract which was only signed in January this year. When we were given a choice in December which we only found out about in January that we either work with the new company the way they want us to work or we walk away from the contract. We are a provider along with two other providers we do not work for the main contract holder. We made the decision to step away as the main contract holder has made decisions regarding the way we work without discussion or consultation.
I have had a meeting this morning with my boss who has told me about TUPE at my age I do not want to work with or for the contract holder and would prefer to take redundancy can I be forced to comply with TUPE?
I am not in good health but loved my job and would have liked to remain working for as long as I could but I I do not feel I could work with the main contract holder particularly as they have forced the situation were we are now in due to their unreasonable actions in requesting that we work their way when we don’t work for them we work with them on a contract they provided which none of my staff or myself have had a chance to view or read and as stated was only signed in last month. I am the lead Advocate with a team of 5 advocates and an administrator working under me. I would appreciate some advice regarding our legal position please.
Thanks for getting in touch. We can certainly help whether you may be caught by TUPE and what your options are to get you where you want to be. Please email employment@Qlaw.co.uk to arrange a free 20-minute exploratory call so we can talk things through and give you an idea of our fees.