As employment law solicitors, we would like to reemphasize that where an employee breaches any warranty contained in a compromise agreement, the employer has the right to demand repayment of the redundancy payment made, where this was made as an enhanced payment. That is, the payment made was not simply in accordance with statutory redundancy. […]
Entries from June 19th, 2012
Employment Law, Redundancy, Compromise Agreement, Warranties
June 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Enhanced Redundancy Pay, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Repayment of Redundancy Pay, Statutory Redundancy Pay
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Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Employment Contracts
June 12th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Non Compete, Non Solicitation, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Restrictive Covenants
Employees must consider any restrictive covenants in their employment contracts before setting up their own businesses, to avoid legal action. The most pertinent restrictions are normally, non-solicitation and non-compete clauses. Employers are rigorously pursuing former employees who breach such clauses especially if they are setting up in competition. If you are thinking of setting up […]
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Employment Law, Compromise Agreement, Redundancy
June 11th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Warranties
Compromise agreements are not reserved only for redundancy situations. They are also used where parties have reached a mutual arrangement. The fact that it is a mutual arrangement does not affect the terms of compromise agreement and all the standard warranties should be included in such agreements. If you are being made redundant and require advice […]
Employment Law, Company Property, Compromise Agreement, Breach of Contract
June 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law
As employment law solicitors we regularly advise employees on redundancies. From our experience, it is always advisable that when returning company property, there is a “sign off” to indicate that the property have been returned. Otherwise, an employee may breach the terms of his or her compromise agreement, which would amount to a breach of […]
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Employment Law, Loan from Employer, Redundancy
June 1st, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Loan, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay
Sometimes people take out loans from their employers. Depending on the length of employment and whether statutory redundancy or enhanced redundancy is offered, we have seen situations arise where once payment is computed at the end, the employee owes more money than the employer owes him by way of redundancy pay. So employees could find […]