The Employment Appeal Tribunal has held that an employee who had been off work for six years was not assigned to an organised grouping for the purposes of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/246).

For full coverage of this case, see Practical Law Employment, Legal update, Employee who was permanently incapacitated was not "assigned" to a grouping for TUPE purposes (EAT).