Section 9(7)

In this regulation— “assigned employees” means those employees assigned to the organised grouping of resources or employees that is the subject of a relevant transfer; “permitted variation” is a variation to the contract of employment of an assigned employee where— the sole or principal reason for it is the transfer itself or a reason connected with the transfer that is not an economic, technical or organisational reason entailing changes in the workforce; and the sole or principal reason for the variation is the transfer and not a reason referred to in regulation 4(5)(a); and it is designed to safeguard employment opportunities by ensuring the survival of the undertaking, business or part of the undertaking or business that is the subject of the relevant transfer; “relevant insolvency proceedings” has the meaning given to the expression by regulation 8(6).

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04