<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">Where the TUPE Regulations apply to the transfer of an undertaking, employees’ contracts of employment will normally transfer automatically to the new employer (the transferee). However, TUPE also gives employees the right to object to the transfer, which will terminate their employment. If the transfer involves a substantial change in employees’ working conditions to their material detriment, they are also entitled to treat their contract as terminated and claim automatically unfair dismissal. The TUPE provisions dealing with these circumstances are complex. This is illustrated by the recent case of London United Busways Ltd v De Marchi, where the EAT had to consider the effect of an employee’s objection to a transfer that would have involved a detrimental change in his working conditions.</p>