6Non-application of ss 7 and 8—business transmitted to another employer

6 Non-application of ss 7 and 8—business transmitted to another employer

6 Non-application of ss 7 and 8—business transmitted to another employer

(1) This section applies if a business, undertaking or establishment or a part of it is, or is to be, transmitted from an employer (the transmitter) to another employer (the transmittee).

(2) The Act, sections 7 and 8 do not apply in relation to the termination of a person’s employment with the transmitter if—

(a) at the time of the transmission, the person is an employee of the transmitter in the business, undertaking, establishment or part of it, and

(b) the person becomes, or is to become, an employee of the transmittee.

(3) In this section—

transmission includes transfer, conveyance, assignment or succession, whether by agreement or by operation of law.