We are constantly asked about legal costs. Here is our position:- We accept your employer’s contribution and there is nothing else to pay to us to cover your legal costs of providing you with independent legal advice on the terms of your compromise agreement. It is only in the following circumstances that you may be charged above your employer’s […]
Entries from August 20th, 2010
Compromise agreement, employment lawyers, compromise agreements
August 20th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Legal Fees
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Compromise Agreements – Employment Lawyers – Benefits
August 13th, 2010 · 4 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Benefits - What happens to your Benefits once you sign a Compromise Agreement?, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
A number of employers allow benefits to continue beyond the termination date for a few months, sometimes up to 12 months. This would depend on the terms of the employee’s contract and/or what the employee is able to negotiate. All benefits must be included in the compromise agreement, even though employers tend to exclude them […]
Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreements, Redundancy Law, Unfair Dismissal, Legal Advice
August 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Unfair Dismissal
We have been asked by a number of employees if an employee could be made redundant whilst off sick. The answer is yes. This can be done if the reason for the redundancy is fair and the redundancy has nothing to do with the employee being off sick. However, employers must always proceed with caution and take […]
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Employment Lawyers, Constructive Dismissal, Performance Improvement Plan
August 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Performance Improvement Plan, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
A number of employers are instigating performance improvement plans for employees whose performance are satisfactory or less. Inevatibly, employees seek legal adsvice on the implications of such PIP, and whether they are indeed justified. In some cases, if the employees do not successfuly meet the standards set by the PIP, they could lose their jobs […]
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Employment lawyers, Redundancy, Redundancies, Redundancy law
August 6th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
It is worth emphasising that once an employee signs a compromise agreement and the employer signs, the compromise agreement becomes a binding contract. Thereafter, both parties are bound. The employee cannot change his/her mind at this stage. If you require further information on redundancy law, please contact us at enquiries@rtcooperssolicitors.com or visit one of the […]
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Redundancy Law – Employment Redundancy – Redundancies
August 4th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay
We are seeing a number of cases where employers are not taking certain steps to ensure that the contemplated redundancies are carried out fairly. In the event that the redundancies are are not carried out fairly an employee may potentially claim for: § Wrongful dismissal; § Unfair dismissal; or § Further redundancy payments. If you require further information on redundancy law, […]
Compromise Agreement – Independent legal advice
August 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Legal Fees, Payment of Legal Advisers, Unfair Dismissal, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
In the compromise agreement, it would state that the Employer would pay the solicitor a contribution of up to £[ ] plus Value Added Tax towards the employee’s legal costs if the compromise agreement is executed by the employee, subject to receipt of an invoice addressed to the employee but marked payable by the Employer, and subject to confirmation from the […]