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Employment Lawyers – Handover

March 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Handover, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment

Depending on an employee’s roles and responsibilities, the employee may have to do a formal hand over. In some cases this is also stated in the compromise agreement, not often. Off course the hand over will usually take place before the termination date. The provision in the compromise agreement will state for instance that: “The […]

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Employment Lawyers – Purchase of Company Car – Compromise Agreement

March 18th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Company Car, Completion Date of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Offer from your employer, Redundancy, Return of Company Property after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Termination Date, Termination of Employment

We are seeing a number of top executives being given the option to purchase their company cars when made redundant. These employees tend to be very senior high earners. Usually a vlaue will be put on the car by the employer, but still favourable to the employee.   The employee is usually asked to confirm in […]

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Employment Lawyers – Bringing a Claim for Unfair Dismissal and Redundancy

March 15th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Redundancy, Signing Compromise Agreements, Unfair Dismissal

Some of the recent enquiries we have received have been about when an employee may bring a claim for unfair dismissal, if the employee has been made redundant. In order for any employee to pursue an employer for unfair dismissal on the grounds of redundancy (the employee should have been in  employment for 1 year), the employee must […]

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Employment Lawyers – Maternity Rights – Compromise Agreements – Redundancy

March 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Consultation, Maternity Rights, Redundancy, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

One of the recent enquiry we  received was from an employee that was pregnant and had been with her employer for 6 months and was told she was at risk of redundancy. In order for any employee to pursue an employer for unfair dismissal on the grounds of redundancy (she should have been in her […]

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Employment Lawyers – Consultation Meetings

March 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Consultation, Signing Compromise Agreements

We have had recent enquiries where employees:-  have been given notice of being at risk of redundancy when they were due to go on holiday;  in some cases being asked to consider and come up with options whlist on holidays; and the day of the consultation meeting being on the day they return to the […]

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Employment Lawyers – Advertisement of Post after Redundancy

February 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Advertisement of Post after Redundancy, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

We have been asked by a number of employees this week how long does an employer have to wait to advertise a post, if that post was made redundant. The answer is six mnonths, but this would depend on whether the employee has signed a compromise agreement or not. If the employee has, the employee would be […]

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Employment Lawyers – Restricitve Covenants Compromise Agreements

February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Non Solicitation, Restrictive Covenants, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

Continuing with Restrictive Covenants An employer may restrict an employee with regards to clients:-  The employee shall not at any time during the period of twelve months from the employee’s termination date (provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent the employee seeking or doing of business which is not competing business): either directly or indirectly, solicit, canvass […]

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Compromise Agreements – Non Solicitation Clauses – Restrictive Covenants

February 3rd, 2010 · 7 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Breach of Confidential Information, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential, Non Solicitation, Restrictive Covenants, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

Where employees are senior executives, employers are reinforcing the non solicitation clauses in the compromise agreement even though such clauses are already set out in the employee’s contract of employment. A restrictive covenant in relation to other employees might state:- The employee shall not at any time during the period of twelve months from the […]

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Employment Lawyers – Compromise Agreements Solicitors

January 25th, 2010 · No 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, Contract of Employment, Garden Leave, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

If you are on gardening leave and have been given a termination date for the termination of your employment, you may be required to notify your current employer if you have been offered a new job before the end of the termination date. Usually once the employee notifies the employer, the employee’s employment would come […]

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Compromise Agreements – Return of Property by Employee

January 18th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Return of Company Property after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Signing Compromise Agreements

In some cases an employer may allow an employee to retain company property. This has to be negotiated and agreed between the employee and employer. The property must be listed in the compromise agreement. Not all employers will agree to this.

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