We are still seeing issues around confidentiality in redundancies. If you are unsure about what you are allowed to say with regards to the reason for your redundancy, you should check with your employer. This issue tends to crop up when interviewing for a prospective employer.
Confidentiality usually prevents disclosure to any individual with the exception of professional advisers (e.g. solicitors) and spouses/partners. So any disclosure about your redundancy to a new employer would be deemed a breach of confidentiality and also a breach of your compromise agreement.
Care must be taken. If in doubt, seek advice and check the scope to which you can disclose such information.
If you need legal advice on the terms of your compromise agreement, please contact us at enquiries@rtcooperssolicitors.com or visit one of the following pages on employment law:
http://www.rtcoopers.com/practice_employment.php
http://www.rtcoopers.com/faq-redundancyemployee.php
http://www.employmentlawyersinlondon.com/video.php
http://www.employmentlawyersinlondon.com
http://www.compromiseagreementlonuk.com/
© RT COOPERS, 2012. This Briefing Note does not provide a comprehensive or complete statement of the law relating to the issues discussed nor does it constitute legal advice. It is intended only to highlight general issues. Specialist legal advice should always be sought in relation to particular circumstances.
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