Law@Work Roadshow
When any company is sold things change. Magazines, jobs and
people will be under review. The company will have a new owner, you
will have a new management and that change might not be all
good.
There are laws to protect people but they are complex and you
need to act NOW to make sure you get the most out of them.
Reed Elsevier employees at Harcourt were given enthusiastic
assurances before they were sold off. Just before the sale Elsevier
started an outsourcing exercise to make the company more attractive
to a potential purchaser. The new owner then went on to sell bits
of the company it didn't want.
We have just seen the sale and break-up of the magazine
publishing giant Emap. A few weeks ago, just two months after the
sale, the new owners axed two of its titles and the people working
on them.
Don't be conned by false promises that everything will be fine -
if that was the case why sell the company?
Elsevier has absolutely no control over what a new owner will do
and Crispin Davies also speculates that a Private Equity firm may
purchase RBI as they did Emap - we all know what
these predators do to a company and its employees.
Forewarned is forearmed and that is why Unite the Union is
coming to a town near you.
The 'RBI Law@Work Roadshows' are open seminars - all employees
are welcome and it is illegal for the company to do anything about
it. Employment law experts will be on hand to give free IMPARTIAL
advice about some of the issues that may affect you.
- Concerned about your pension?
- What if the company is broken up?
- Will there be redundancies?
- Will sites be relocated or shut?
- Will a new employer attempt to change your favourable terms and
conditions - including your redundancy terms?
- Does the new employer already have its own admin, IT, finance,
sales employees?
- What is 'TUPE' and how can a company get round these laws
that are supposed to protect employees when a company is
sold?
- What is the process of 'due diligence' and what should you do
BEFORE the company starts this process?
If you know the answer to all of these questions I guess we
won't be seeing you at the RBI Law@Work Roadshows. If you
don't know the answers you have nothing to lose by coming along. If
you leave it until a problem occurs it will be too late. Unions
look after their members not people who join once a problem has
started.
To find out the date, time and location of the roadshow nearest
to you send an email to jamie.major@unitetheunion.org
with 'RBI Law@Work Roadshow' as the subject matter
- dont forget to tell us what RBI site you work at.
What have you got to lose?
