We are currently undergoing transition to HR shared services on a global level. On an employee level, we were told of the 3rd party consultancy that was to take over the running of a certain part of the HR function for our company when outsourced. We were told that we could not apply directly to this company until we were made redundant or had resigned as they may want us TUPE. Despite this, a number of individuals from our team did apply in confidence to this consultancy. We then had a meeting a couple of weeks later with our senior manager who reiterated the fact that we could not apply directly to this company. They also mentioned they knew who had applied, what positions had been applied for and when they had applied, though they didn’t mention the actual names. This was mentioned in a formal team meeting. Can they do this a.) prevent us leaving to join a 3rd party b.) disclose confidential information c.) relay confidential information to others.
Robert Newton