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Bring in staff under TUPE
Record people joining you under a TUPE transfer, keeping their continuous service and protected terms.
What you'll need: The list of people transferring, Their continuous service dates and terms.
Under TUPE, people who move to you with a business keep their service and their terms.
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KivoHR records the transfer, and keeps each person's service dates and protected terms. GOV.UK: TUPE
Record the transfer
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Step 1: Start a transfer, and give it a Name and the Employer and site they join.
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Step 2: Add the File of people, then press Load the people.
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Step 3: Check each person's Continuous service from and Protected terms.
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Step 4: Save it.
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Each person gets a record and a job, with their service kept.
Employee liability information
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Step 1: On the transfer, open Cases for the liability information.
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It lists what the old employer must pass on.
Stuck?
Someone's holiday or notice looks too short
Their Continuous service from date is wrong. Correct it on the transfer.
Their right to work needs checking again
The old employer's check covers them for 60 days after the transfer. Make your own within that time: the compliance audit flags anyone not checked. GOV.UK: right to work checks
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Not legal advice. Checked against the law on 1 November 2026; we check it again by 1 April 2027, and sooner if the law changes.