The employment law implications of charity mergers

Examines the employment law implications for charities considering merger. Considers the employment law problems that are involved in charity mergers and the different strategies that have been employed in practice to deal with them. Charities merging face particular problems, not only from the natural concerns of staff about their jobs post‐merger, but also because the law which protects employees when organisations merge is not clear. The application of the relevant legal principles may be particularly uncertain in the context of mergers between charities due to the variety in the legal forms of the merger, and in the employment practices adopted by charities. Illustrates these concerns with an empirical study of a number of charity mergers.