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, 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
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Compromise Agreement, Reference for Employment, Alteration of Draft Reference, Employee Reference
April 27th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Offer of Employment, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Reference, Termination of Employment, Unfair Dismissal, Voluntary Redundancy
When an employee receives a compromise agreement which contains a draft reference, the employer will usually reserve the right to alter the reference if new facts come to light which would render the reference inaccurate.
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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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Compromise Agreement, Unfair Dismissal, Redundancy
April 20th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Litigation Post Termination, Offer from your employer, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay
Employees should note that where a compromise agreement contains a provision allowing an employer to request the employee’s assistance in the future in any litigation or external investigations against the employer, the employee should ensure that the provision contains an obligation to cover reasonable expenses incurred by the employee in providing such assistance.
Data Protection, Subject Access Requests, Compromise Agreement
March 29th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Data Protection, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Employees should note that it is becoming increasingly common for employers to include a provision in compromise agreements by which the employee would waive all rights to make a subject access request under the Data Protection Act.
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Voluntary Redundancy, Employee Rights, Compromise Agreement
March 12th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Voluntary Redundancy, Voluntary Severance
Employers usually offer a segment of the work force voluntary redundancy. The employees may accept voluntary redundancy as this makes it administratively easier for employers and may cut out a lot of red tape. However, employers still ask employees to sign compromise agreements, regardless. Employees must take independent legal advice on the terms of their compromise […]
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Employment Law, Compromise Agreement, voluntary redundancy, Confidentality
February 15th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Resignation, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If you are an employee and looking for employment law advice, then you should note that confidentiality is a crucial part of your compromise agreement. If you are yet to receive your draft compromise agreement, it is important that you do not disclose any confidential information about your employer in any pre-compromise agreement discussions with any […]
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Compromise Agreement, Employment Tribunal, Unfair Dismissal
February 8th, 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, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Where an employee and employer are involved in protracted negotiations over the terms of a compromise agreement, the employee should always bear in mind the time limits for bringing any prospective claim in an employment tribunal. If this date passes, this is likely to have an adverse effect on the employee’s negotiation position, if this […]
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Compromise Agreement, Private Medical Cover, Redundancy, Unfair dismissal
February 6th, 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, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Unfair Dismissal, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
We are finding that when some employees are faced with redundancy, there are employers that are willing to allow these employees’ private medical cover to continue for a short period after the employees’ termination dates. This is not an entitlement and is always subject to the discretion of the employers. It clearly would depend on the circumstances in […]
Compromise Agreement, Offer by Employer, Redundancy
January 31st, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Offer from your employer, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If you are an employee and you are going through redundancy and you have been given a deadline to sign and return a compromise agreement to your employer, you MUST either (i) adhere to the deadline; or (ii) request an extension from your employer to return the agreement. If you require legal advice on a compromise agreement, please […]