It is worth mentioning again that if you are an employee and you have been asked to sign a compromise agreement, you should submit your final expenses claim (form) to your employer within a specificed time (usually this time period is set out in your contract of employment). This is usually within five days of completion […]
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Employment Lawyers London – Expenses Compromise Agreements
November 26th, 2009 · 3 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Completion Date of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Expenses, Redundancy, Return of Company Property after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Signing Compromise Agreements, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
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Advice on Employment Law – Return of Property to Employers
November 16th, 2009 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Return of Company Property after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Warranties, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If you are an employee, your employer may ask you to give a warranty in your compromise agreement that before the Termination Date you will delete irretrievably any information relating to the business or business contacts of the Employer that you have stored on any magnetic or optical disk or memory of any personal electronic devices, […]
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Compromise Agreement Advice – Garden Leave
November 11th, 2009 · 20 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Garden Leave, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If you are an employee, you should be aware of the date when you are meant to commence garden leave and check the date in your compromise agreement to ensure that the compromise agreement is signed before you take garden leave or some other arrangements are in place.
Pension Contributions – After Signing Compromise Agreement
November 3rd, 2009 · 7 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Pension Rights, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
As we have discussed in this blog previously, an employee’s entitlements to any benefits such as pension rights (which will not be provided for in a compromise agreement) will cease on the employee’s Termination Date (see earlier blog). Some companies are paying employees up to three months’ standard company employer pension contributions into the employee’s pension fund. As pension rights are […]
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If you are Feeling Unwell – should you Sign a Compromise Agreement?
October 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Compromise Agreements, Feeling Unwell - Signing a Compromise Agreement, Offer from your employer, Signing Compromise Agreements, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If an employee attends our office to receive advice on a compromise agreement and he/she appears to be and/or we are informed by the employee that he/she is feeling unwell, we will have to discuss with the employee whether the employee is able to appreciate the full implications of signing such an agreement. In most cases, we would ask […]
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What Reference Can you Expect? – Going Through Redundancy and Compromise Agreement- Redundancy Law
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Breach of Confidential Information, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Reference, Signing Compromise Agreements, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If you have been made redundant and have been asked to sign a compromise agreement, then your employer usually would provide you with a reference. Your employer in the future will be subject to the confidentiality provisions set out in your compromise agreement (which you both will sign), so if your employer receives any written reference […]
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Completion Date when your Compromise Agreement becomes Binding
October 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Completion Date of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreements, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Without Prejudice Discussions, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Both employers and employees have to be aware of the completion date of a compromise agreement. In some cases the employer might put the termination date and the completion date as the same. This works if the employee is in the UK (not on holidays or travelling) and able to get the compromise agreement signed […]
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Can You Increase your Offer? – Compromise Agreement
October 6th, 2009 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreements, Entitlement to Untaken Accrued Holidays, Offer from your employer, Signing Compromise Agreements, Untaken Holidays, Without Prejudice Discussions, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Even if you instigate redundancy or you are chosen for redundancy, there is usually some room to try and improve your offer from your employer. You can only ask but you must be able to justify why the offer should be increased. You must have a valid reason in order to persuade your employer to […]
Garden Leave – Compromise Agreements
September 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Compromise Agreements, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Entitlement to Untaken Accrued Holidays, Garden Leave, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Pension Rights, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Untaken Holidays, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
There are circumstances when an employee may be placed on garden leave before the employee’s termination date and the signing of the employee’s compromise agreement. If you are an employee and you find yourself in this situation you have to ensure that, during the period you are at home outside the office, you are still […]
Tax Indeminty
July 17th, 2009 · 38 Comments · Basic Rate of Tax, Compromise Agreements, National Insurance Contributions, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Signing Compromise Agreements, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Each compromise agreement has a tax indemnity. It usually causes a lot of discussions when we are advising Employees. It is a safe guard for the Employer in case the Employer has to make a payment to the Inland Revenue in respect of pyaments made to an Employee under a compromise agreement. A typical tax […]
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