tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post4414251946667871023..comments2024-03-25T22:17:35.616+00:00Comments on Public Transport Experience: Nothing to do with Mothers Dayfatbusblokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06833340546527596517noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-15550935892000093892017-03-27T07:47:30.376+01:002017-03-27T07:47:30.376+01:00Quite correct - at my company we've re-employe...Quite correct - at my company we've re-employed some drivers three or four times, as we've bought other companies or won their contracts. <br />And you're right . . . . . they tend not to stay very long second / third time around!! <br />I would just point out that some drivers just will not wear uniform, and smaller operators tend not to worry to much about that, whereas larger operators see the need to maintain a corporate image as more important . . . . sometimes that's the reason for the regularity of the parting of the ways.greenline727https://www.blogger.com/profile/03033268278026535109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-4631468837396017112017-03-27T07:44:06.230+01:002017-03-27T07:44:06.230+01:00In London, where drivers work on a rota or rotas s...In London, where drivers work on a rota or rotas solely identified with one route or contract, TUPE is available all the time. Some drivers like their route so much that they'll transfer between operators each time the contract changes, thereby working for Operator C on the conditions applicable to Operator A!!<br />That doesn't mean to say that Operator A will not try very hard indeed to retain drivers!!greenline727https://www.blogger.com/profile/03033268278026535109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-67855211255926814322017-03-26T20:51:08.153+01:002017-03-26T20:51:08.153+01:00Dwarfer 1979 has correctly identified a case I had...Dwarfer 1979 has correctly identified a case I had in mind, where a large operator re-gained a P&R contract from a small operator. Under TUPE, large op had to take back several members of staff who had previously been sacked and went to work for small op on the P&R contract. I can't recall how long it was before each of those involved blotted his copybook and was dismissed (or invited to leave) for a second time.Shieldsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197794322283545552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-13405307535021641562017-03-26T19:05:12.821+01:002017-03-26T19:05:12.821+01:00If a contract is retendered and won by another ope...If a contract is retendered and won by another operator then TUPE does apply, it is the whole point of the TUPE regulations to protect workers jobs & employment rights when their employers lose a contract it doesn't just have to be when a company is taken over. TUPE comes in when a company loses a contract where members of staff are largely or entirely dedicated to servicing the contract is lost. Where that is the case the member of staff should be offered the choice to transfer to the new provider of the contract on their existing terms & conditions.<br /><br />It is rarely implemented in the bus industry because few companies have drivers dedicated to a single contract (except the very small companies or the very top line prestigious contracts like Park & Ride or corporate work) & most companies are so in need of drivers that they often have vacancies that mean no job losses are involved in losing a single contract. dwarfer1979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-36806131800050396092017-03-26T15:41:44.500+01:002017-03-26T15:41:44.500+01:00There is no takeover. John's Coaches have simp...There is no takeover. John's Coaches have simply not had their contract renewed. TUPE is not involved!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7432323264902617108.post-26263172584621280652017-03-26T10:06:52.891+01:002017-03-26T10:06:52.891+01:00If driver Gareth's sole work is driving the Bl...If driver Gareth's sole work is driving the Blaenau Clipa, then TUPE applies and Express will be obliged to offer him a job on the same terms and conditions. Shieldsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197794322283545552noreply@blogger.com