Guest Writer on Employment Law Issues from Canada : Stacia Abner of labor law training The contemporary American workplace is susceptible to numerous federal, state, and local law regulations that impose strict obligations on businesses (e.g., wage and hour laws and regulations, nondiscrimination law regulations, etc.). Many organisations, especially smaller businesses, tend not to completely understand […]
Entries Tagged as 'Compromise Agreement Solicitors'
Top 10 Typical Work Law Issues Where Companies May Make Mistakes – Canada, Employment Law, Disabaility Discrimination
March 6th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Breach of Confidential Information, Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Disability Discrimination, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Labour Law - Canada, Unfair Dismissal, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Tags: disability discrimination·Work Place Law Canada - Employment Law
Lawyer Employment, Employee Rights, Voluntary Redundancy, Solicitors
March 4th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Equality Act, Offer from your employer, Offer of Employment, Signing Compromise Agreements, Summary Dismissal, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Unfair Dismissal, Voluntary Redundancy, Voluntary Severance, Warranties, Without Prejudice Discussions, Wrongful dismissal, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If you are an employee you should be aware of a warranty that may be included in your compromise agreement. The warranty would state that the employee confirms that the employee has not accepted an offer of employment. An employe is at risk of being in breach of the employee’s compromise agreement, if the empployee accepts an offer of employment prior to the termination […]
Tags: employee rights·lawyer employment·solicitors·voluntary redundancy
Employment Law, Compromise Agreement, voluntary redundancy, Confidentality
February 15th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Resignation, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If you are an employee and looking for employment law advice, then you should note that confidentiality is a crucial part of your compromise agreement. If you are yet to receive your draft compromise agreement, it is important that you do not disclose any confidential information about your employer in any pre-compromise agreement discussions with any […]
Tags: Compromise Agreement·Confidentiality·employment law·voluntary redundancy
Employee Rights, Termination of Employment, Redundancy, Compromise Agreement
February 11th, 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, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Unfair Dismissal, Voluntary Redundancy, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Depending on the circumstances surrounding the termination of an employee’s employment, a request by the employee to have the reason for termination included in or omitted from any subsequent compromise agreement (and reference, where applicable) is an important one, as this could impact future employment prospects.
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Compromise Agreement, Employment Tribunal, Unfair Dismissal
February 8th, 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, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Where an employee and employer are involved in protracted negotiations over the terms of a compromise agreement, the employee should always bear in mind the time limits for bringing any prospective claim in an employment tribunal. If this date passes, this is likely to have an adverse effect on the employee’s negotiation position, if this […]
Tags: Compromise Agreement·Employment Tribunal·Unfair Dismissal
Compromise Agreement, Private Medical Cover, Redundancy, Unfair dismissal
February 6th, 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, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Unfair Dismissal, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
We are finding that when some employees are faced with redundancy, there are employers that are willing to allow these employees’ private medical cover to continue for a short period after the employees’ termination dates. This is not an entitlement and is always subject to the discretion of the employers. It clearly would depend on the circumstances in […]
Employment Lawyers London, Termination date, Compromise Agreement, Redundancy Payment
February 5th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Return of Company Property after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Where a compromise Agreement is not signed prior to the termination of an employee’s employment, but is signed afterwards, it is important that the ‘Return of Company Property’ clause is amended to ensure that the employee is not in breach of the compromise agreement the moment it is signed. If you require legal advice on a compromise agreement, […]
Unfair Dismissal, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Redundancy
February 1st, 2011 · 2 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Unfair Dismissal, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
As of 1 February 2011 the Tribunal compensation limits will increase. The new rates will apply where the event giving rise to compensation occurs on or after this date. Maximum compensatory award for unfair dismissal – £68,400 (from £65,300) Maximum weekly pay for calculating statutory redundancy pay – £400.00 (from £380.00) If you require legal advice on employment […]
Tags: Payment in Lieu of Notice·Redundancy·Unfair Dismissal·Unfair Dismissal. Payment in Lieu of Notice
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 […]
Tags: Employment Law - Disability Discrimination - Compromise Agreement - Redundancy