The Pharmacists’ Defence Association (PDA) has launched early conciliation on behalf of pharmacists formerly employed by Lloydspharmacy, the union has announced today.
The PDA said today (September 11) that employers “may not have undertaken” the consultative steps required under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) regulations – known as TUPE.
The pharmacists’ union said that some of its members had reported “changes to working practices” following the sales of pharmacies in the Lloydspharmacy estate in which they work.
According to “expert legal opinion” obtained by the PDA, the transfers of the pharmacies to new owners “should have come under the protection of TUPE”.
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The PDA said that it has started a “legal process to protect the interest of its members” with the government’s Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) against Lloydspharmacy, 63 subsidiary companies created by the multiple and 22 buyers of the Lloydspharmacy estate.
C+D has approached Lloydspharmacy for comment.
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