During the redundancy process, some employees are attempting to negotiate offers made by their employers when they are in a weak barganing position. Any offer must be weighted up and, if in doubt, take legal advice on the offer and the terms of your compromise agreement. If you require legal advice on a compromise agreement, please contact RT Coopers […]
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Offer to Employees, Redundancy, Acceptance
January 28th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreements, Offer from your employer, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay
Employment Rights, National Minimum Wage, Redundancy, Employment Law, Redundancy Pay, Compromise Agreement
January 25th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Since 1 January 2011, expenses paid to workers to cover their travel costs to a temporary workplace (including related subsistence and accommodation costs) will not form part of the workers’ pay for National Minimum Wage (NMW) purposes. This amendment is embodied in the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No.2) regulations 2010. Some employment businesses and umbrella […]
Employment Law, Disability Discrimination, Compromise Agreement, Redundancy
January 19th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Disability Discrimination, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
In terms of employment law, employers should be aware of employees who are sick and potentially ‘disabled’ as per the Disability Discrimination Act as they may try and rely on the recent decision of the Employment Tribunal in Yorkshire Housing Ltd v. Cuerden. An employee may request that his/her lawyer be present at a meeting (especially […]
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Compromise Agreement, Employment Law Advice, Reference
January 18th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Reference, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
There are occasions when an employer will give an employee a detailed reference, which nowadays is outside the norm. This reference must bring out the skills of the employee and showcase the employee’s achievements, otherwise the employer may just as well provide a standard reference. If you require employment law advice especially on your compromise agreement, please […]
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Employment Lawyers, Compromise Agreement, Voluntary Redundancy, Employment Solicitors
December 19th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Voluntary Redundancy, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If you are an employee taking voluntary redundancy, your employer may still require you to sign a compromise agreeement. The reason being that your employer must ensure that there is no come back in the future. As an employee, use this opportuinity to get a good package and reference (if that might be an issue for […]
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Compromise Agreements, Pension rights, Employment law
December 17th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Pension Rights, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Just a reminder that anything to do with pension rights ought to be kept out of a compromise agremeent. Some employers are including this in some of the compromise agreements that we are reviewing. If you require employment law advice especially on your compromise agreement, please contact RT Coopers at enquiries@rtcooperssolicitors.com © RT COOPERS, 2010. This Briefing Note does […]
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Compromise Agreement, Employeee Rights, Redundancy, Resigning from a Job
December 9th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Job Offer, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Resignation, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
An employee must be careful in this climate when the employee is being offered a job by an employer whilst in a good job. We are seeing employees resigning from their jobs and before they could take up their new positions, the companies going out of business. The employees have no employee rights in these circumstances. […]
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Redundancy Pay, Employment Solicitors, Compromise Agreement E1W London
December 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Independent Legal Advice, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
The reason why an employer contributes to an employee’s legal costs is to ensure that the employee receives independent legal advice. The idea is that the lawyer will run through the terms of the compromise agreement and the implication, so that the employee would have a sound appreciation of what the employee is signing. This […]
Employment Solicitors, Employee Rights, Compromise Agreement, Redundancy payment
December 1st, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Payment Terms, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
An employee should seek legal advice on an offer proposed by an employer if being made redundant. We are seeing that sometimes when an employee has another job offer, the employee is keen to leave his or her employment and does not seek legal advice on the offer. Once the compromise agreement is signed, it becomes […]
Compromise Agreement, Redundancy, Employment Law, Commission
November 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Commission, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Payment Terms, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If an employee, who is a risk of redundancy, is usually paid commission and is asked by his or her employer to sign a compromise agreement, in terms of redundancy pay the employee should ensure that (i) either the commission due and payable is agreed and included in the terms of the compromise agreement; or (ii) […]
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