Consider this scenario
An operating segment of a company was sold to another company and the staff absorbed by the new company.
The staff were not given notice of the takeover and did not get any letter of disengagement from the selling company but have been offered a short contract by the new company. The staff are asking for a lump sum pay off from the selling company having put in over 7 years in service. The selling company submits that no such payment is due since the transferred staff have not lost their jobs.
What options are available to the staff? Any legal remedies?
An operating segment of a company was sold to another company and the staff absorbed by the new company.
The staff were not given notice of the takeover and did not get any letter of disengagement from the selling company but have been offered a short contract by the new company. The staff are asking for a lump sum pay off from the selling company having put in over 7 years in service. The selling company submits that no such payment is due since the transferred staff have not lost their jobs.
What options are available to the staff? Any legal remedies?