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Section 27: When Can Your Employment Contract Be Transferred?

27.Transfer of contract

(1)Except as provided for by subsection (2), a contract of service shall not be transferred from one employer to another without the consent of the employee.

(2)Where a trade or business is transferred in whole or in part, the contracts of service of all employees employed at the date of transfer shall automatically be transferred to the transferee, and all rights and obligations between each employee and the transferee shall continue to apply as if they had been rights and obligations concluded between the employee and the transferee.

(3)A transfer referred to in subsection (2) shall not interrupt the employee's continuity of service, and the service shall continue with the transferee as if he or she were the transferor.

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Your employment contract cannot be transferred to a new employer without your permission, unless the business itself is being sold or transferred. If ...

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