Transfer of my employee to a new employer.

Hi, looking for advice.
I have been self employed about 20years and I have one employee with me for 15years.
I am getting out of the business and my work is being taken over by another company.
This company is taking both me and my employee on their payroll carrying out the same work.
What are the implications for me and my employee?
Currently my employee has only to travel a few minutes to his place of work but will have to travel an hour to his new place of work.
I have agreed my terms & conditions with my new employer but my employee hasn't as yet as he is not sure about it.
What obligations do I have to him?

If your Company has been taken over he now works for someone else.

If they tell him to go and work an hour away he could say I'm not going and be made redundant with his 15 years service he get statutory redundancy but won't have a job.

Who then would be making him redundant in that case and be liable to pay the redundancy?

This sounds like TUPE may apply.

See the following for an outline of rights/obligations if it does:

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/e...racts_of_employment/transfer_of_business.html