TUPE
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]TUPE
Verb
[edit]TUPE (third-person singular simple present TUPEs, present participle TUPEing, simple past and past participle TUPEd)
- (British, colloquial) To transfer (an employee or group of employees) to another employer under TUPE regulations.
Usage notes
[edit]- Most commonly encountered in the passive voice, e.g. "Following the outsourcing agreement, the IT department was TUPEd out to BigSys Corporation."