High earning top executives are definitely receiving higher pay outs. Such employees termination payment would typically comprise:: An amount as a redundancy payment (including a statutory redundancy payment (“Redundancy Payment”); An amount as compensation payment for loss of notice of the Employee’s notice period (“Notice Compensation Payment”); and An amount as compensation for loss of employment (“ […]
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Employment Lawyer – Termination Payment – Compromise Agreement – Redundancy Payments
March 25th, 2010 · 7 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Payment Terms, Redundancy, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment
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Employment Solicitors – Signing a Compromise Agreement – Counterparts
March 24th, 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, Counterparts, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Signing Compromise Agreements
Some employers are happy for the compromise agreement to be signed in counterparts. That means each party signs a separate agreement and they exchange so the employee gets a copy signed by the employer and the employer a copy signed by the employee. The compromise agreement has to make allowances for this, otherwise both parties […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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