TUPE

See also: tupé, and Túpe

English

Proper noun

TUPE

1. (UK, law) Acronym of Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006.

Verb

TUPE (third-person singular simple present TUPEs, present participle TUPEing, simple past and past participle TUPEd)

1. (British, colloquial) To transfer (an employee or group of employees) to another employer under TUPE regulations.

Usage notes

• Most commonly encountered in the passive voice, e.g. "Following the outsourcing agreement, the IT department was TUPEd out to BigSys Corporation."

See also

• outsourcing

Further reading

• https://web.archive.org/web/20130703105502/http://www.cipd.co.uk/hr-resources/factsheets/transfer-of-undertakings-tupe.aspx

Anagrams

• puet