Post Termination Obligations When senior executives are leaving a company, the company may add additional clauses to their compromise agreements to ensure that they are bound. A typical clause would be “You acknowledge that you will continue to be bound by the terms of your employment contract in relation to Confidentiality, Intellectual Property, Inventions and Patents and […]
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Employment Lawyers – Post Termination Provisions
May 5th, 2010 · 7 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Employment Lawyers, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Restrictive Covenants, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Employment Law Advice – Garden Leave – Compromise Agreement – Dismissal – Redundancy
April 28th, 2010 · 6 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Employment Lawyers, Garden Leave, Redundancy, Redundancy Pay, Restrictive Covenants, Settlement Payment, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
A number of employees are being placed on garden leave and do not know what to expect during this period. You can be put on garden leave up to and including your termination date. If you are an employee, your employer may require you to sign a compromise agreement whilst on garden leave. This means that you […]
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Compromise Agreements – Termination Payments including Payment in lieu of Notice
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Payment of Legal Advisers, Payment of Normal Salary, Payment Terms, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Employees should pay particular attention to ex-gratia termination payments which are stated to include compensation for failure to give the employee the full contractual notice (of termination), due to the tax implications in respect of the contractual notice payment element. If you require further information please contact us at enquiries@rtcooperssolicitors.com or visit one of the […]
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Compromise Agreements – Banked Holidays
April 13th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Banked Holidays, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Entitlement to Untaken Accrued Holidays, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Payment of Legal Advisers, Payment of Normal Salary, Payment Terms, Redundancy, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Untaken Holidays, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Some employers are including banked holidays as part of the settlement payment for employees that are facing redundancy. Therefore, if you are an employee facing redundancy, please check with your employer to see whether banked holidays would be taken into account in determining your settlement payment. If you require further information please contact us at […]
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Compromise Agreements – Settlement Payments
April 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Redundancy, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
A number of employers are choosing to pay the statutory payments to employees on redundancy. This is the minimum that an employer can pay an employee. Payments above the statutory amount are at the discretion of the employer (unless otherwise agreed between the employer and employee). If you require further information please contact us at enquiries@rtcooperssolicitors.com […]
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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
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 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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