50 jobs go in Gurnard Pines crisis

The employees could possibly seek advice from Community Legal Advice - a free service from Legal Aid. Call 0845 345 4 345 or visit https://claonlineadvice.justice.gov.uk.
It would also be worth them checking if they have legal cover on their household insurance or other insurance that may include employment cases. Or as someone else suggested unions may also offer legal advice. Perhaps as a group the employees could get specialist legal advice and help from an island based company.

This thread is only to help and advise those employees of Gurnard Pines;
http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1655
TUPE is very complex, for example, if the take over is by shares.

Of course it’s good news that Gurnard Pines is continuing to trade, but devastating for the existing staff who have lost their jobs especially at such short notice.

Unfortunately in these difficult financial times many companies are going out of business. One way to protect yourself when paying for goods and services that cost more than £100 and not more than £30,000 is to pay by Credit Card. If there is a breach of contract or misrepresentation, for example, the company goes out of business or goods aren’t as described, you can claim your money back from the credit card company. You get similar protection on debit cards called chargeback. But it’s much safer to pay by credit card if possible as this is a legal right under Section 75 of the Consumer Credit Act 1974. You are also covered for the full purchase price if you have paid a deposit on a credit card of less than £100 for goods or services costing more than £100.

This would be the same Terry Prosser that holds approx "90" positions as a company secretary or company director for various companies, most with a poor credit rating, reliable, hopefully for the staff but time will tell.

As it is a new company running it TUPE does not apply. The new company will have no responsibility for the staff wages, staff redundancy or re-employment or the debts run up by the previous company. It happens all the time and until the law changes people will continue to do this time and time again.

This all sounds dodgy to me staff being made redundant 1 day then the next it reopens with new staff? TUPE should still stand as the old jobs are still there so the continuation of employment whoever owns it should continue. It is the same business, in the same buildings & probably same membership arrangements for the gym/pool. You do not have to be in a union for TUPE to happen & it always was illegal to make someone redundant then re-employ someone to that post within 6 months.

I'm sorry for the pleasant, hardworking staff who have lost their jobs. I like the pool, would come more often if I could guarantee a decent swim. New management - listen up. Webcams so that members can see when to arrive to avoid crowds; up the standards of membership, ban anyone who leaves body waste or other unpleasant things behind or who hogs the cubicles by leaving their kit in there when they are not actually changing; have some evening slots reserved for year-round members only.

The saddest thing about this is that the employees were told with hours notice. Management must have known it was on the cards for some time.

You can't just quote 'tupe' at people. The employees needed to be in a recognised union that is in turn recognised by the employer, for transfer to be obligatory.

Shame as I have stayed there a couple of times. Will not be booking now, so there's another business finished off then. Always the staff that suffer ...

Any views or opinions presented in the comments above are solely those of the author and do not represent those of the Isle of Wight County Press.