My team is transferring to a new employer. Do I have to join them?

Career Clinic: If part of the business you work in is transferred to a new owner, do you have to move and what protection do you have?

Friday 5 December 2014 at 17:00

City businesses are consistently restructuring and reorganising, including selling off parts of their business. In that situation employees may find themselves with a new employer or even back with a previous employer.

If part of the business you work in is transferred to a new owner - for example, a particular desk or a portfolio of insurance policies you work on - do you have to transfer and what protection do you have in law?