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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 […]

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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 […]

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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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Employment Law, Redundancy Law, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Employment Contract, Compromise Agreement

October 27th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Negotiating a Settlement, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Payment of Legal Advisers, Payment of Normal Salary, Payment Terms, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

We are revisiting the issue of payment in lieu of notice from a different angle this time especially in relation to redundancy. We are being asked by a number of employers and employees whether they could get around the issue of taxation of notice periods (PILON). One of the ways that we have considered to achieve […]

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Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Payment In Lieu of Notice

October 25th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Completion Date of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Consultation, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Payment of Normal Salary, 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

This is a reminder that payments in lieu of notice are subject to tax and national insurance at the approved rates. We are still being asked whether this is the case by a number of employers and employees, especially employees about their employee rights. If you require employment law advice especially in relation to your compromise agremeent, […]

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Compromise Agreements, Employment Law, Share Option

October 6th, 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, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Share Options, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment

Top executives that have been issued share options by their employers must take care in ensuring that the shares are included in their compromise agreements. We are seeing a number of compromise agreements where there is no mention of such shares. Also, the value of such shares are important, especially to the employees. If you […]

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