If your employer gives you a date by which to sign and return your compromise agreement, you should ensure that you do not miss this date. If you do, the offer may be withdrawn and you would only be entitled to the statutory minimum amount of redundancy payment (if your employer was initially offering you […]
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Employment Law, Redundancies, Compromise Agreement
October 22nd, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Enhanced Redundancy Pay, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Statutory Redundancy Pay
Employment Law, Redundancy, Compromise Agreement, Garden Leave
October 16th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Garden Leave, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Severance Pay
We have seen situations involving employees in senior jobs who, upon being made redundant are not put on garden leave. Instead, they are asked to immediately leave the premises upon being notified of their redundancies, without even being allowed to go back to their desks. This is especially the case where the employees dealt with […]
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Employment Law, Redundancy, Compromise Agreement, Redundancy Pay
July 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Enhanced Redundancy Pay, Ex Gratia, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Severance Pay, Statutory Redundancy Pay
When advising clients on redundancies, we often clarify that the severance payment would be an ex gratia payment made to an employee by his or her employer. This could take the form of a statutory redundancy payment or an enhanced payment, which would include the statutory element. It is up to the employer what it […]
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Employment Law, Redundancy, Compromise Agreements, Redundancy Payment
April 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · Adviser's Certificate in Your Compromise Agreement, Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Independent Legal Advice, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Severance Pay
We have vast experience of advising employees on their redundancy rights. When it comes to an employer making redundancy payments, these are generally only paid upon receipt by the employer of two signed hard copies of the compromise agreement. Therefore, once you have been advised on the terms of your compromise agreement and this has […]
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Employment Law, Redundancy, Compromise Agreements, Legal Advice, Legal Fees
March 5th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Independent Legal Advice, Legal Fees, Payment of Legal Advisers, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Severance Pay
When it comes to paying for legal advice taken in relation to redundancies and compromise agreements, the usual position is for the employment lawyers to invoice the employer in the name of the employee, with this being payable by the employer. From our experience we have only seen a handful of situations where an employee […]
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Compromise Agreements, Enployment law, Redundancy, Collective Compromise Agreements, Enhanced Redundancy Pay
August 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Collectively Agreed, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Payment Terms, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Termination Payment
As more and more employers are making hundreds if not thousands of employees redundant, we are seeing a number of compromise agreements that have been collectively agreed. In such cases, employers are refusing to change the terms of the compromise agreements for any one employee on the basis that the agreements were collectively agreed. Employees […]
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Compromise Agreement – Post Termination Provisions – Redundancy
June 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Restrictive Covenants, Return of Company Property after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
We are advising a number of employees on post termination provisions in their contracts of employment and compromise agreements. You must ensure as an employee that you are not setting up in competition with your employer or soliciting any of your employer’s clients. You must take advice on post termination provisions in your compromise agreements.
Redundancy Pay, Employment Law Compromise Agreement
May 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Completion Date of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, 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
Employees facing redundancy are finding that a number of employers are simply offering statutory redundancy pay. Some employers are just offering the notice period to employees as their redundancy pay.
Compromise Agreement, Redundancy Pay, Solicitors Employment, Redundancy Rights, Unfair Dismissal Redundancy, Employment Lawyer
May 19th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Completion Date of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Entitlement to Leave, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Negotiating a Settlement, Notice Periods, Offer from your employer, Payment of Legal Advisers, Redundancies, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Voluntary Redundancy, Voluntary Severance, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
An employee must take seriously an employer’s offer comprised in a compromise agreement. Most employers give a short timeframe in which to accept their offer. This means the employee obtaining independent legal advice and signing the compromise agreement within the time scale. In cases where the deadline is missed, the employee may not receive an […]
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Compromise Agreement, Excess Holiday, Repayment to Employer, Deduction of Payment, Unfair Dismissal, Redundancy, Constructive Dismissal, Voluntary Redundancy
April 27th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Entitlement to Leave, Excess Holiday, Holiday Entitlement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Severance Pay, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Unfair Dismissal, Voluntary Redundancy, Voluntary Severance
Employees should note that where they have taken more leave than they are entitled to at the date of termination of their employment (which includes termination as a result of redundancy, voluntary redundancy, purported unfair dismissal and/or constructive dismissal), the employer would normally have reserved the right to deduct from any monies owed to the employee […]
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