TUPE
English
Acronym
TUPE
- Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)
Verb
TUPE (third-person singular simple present TUPEs, present participle TUPEing, simple past and past participle TUPEed)
- (UK, colloquial) To transfer (an employee or group of employees) to another employer under TUPE regulations.
Usage notes
- Most commonly encountered in the passive voice, eg "Following the outsourcing agreement, the IT department was TUPE'd out to BigSys Corporation."