It is worth reminding you that any restrictive covenants or post-termination restrictions contained in your employment contract are in addition to your obligations under your settlement agreement. If you need legal advice on the terms of your settlement agreement or compromise agreement, please contact an employment solicitor at enquiries@rtcooperssolicitors.com or visit one of the following pages on employment law: http://www.rtcoopers.com/practice_employment.php […]
Entries Tagged as 'Employment Contract'
Restrictive covenants/Post-termination provisions in your employment contract
February 19th, 2014 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, 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, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement Lawyer, Settlement Agreement Solicitor, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Tags: Being made Redundant·Employment Contract·Post-termination·Restrictive covenant·Settlement Agreement
Employment Law, Redundancy, Post-Termination, Employment Contract, Compromise Agreement
March 5th, 2013 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Independent Legal Advice, Non Compete, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Restrictive Covenants, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
From our experience of advising people on redundancies, we have seen that some employers restrict their employees for up to 1 year before they can work for a competitor. This post-termination restriction will normally be set out in the employment contract as well as a compromise agreement, if the employee is being made redundant. If […]
Tags: Compromise Agreement·Employment Contract·employment law·Post-termination·Redundancy
Employment Law, Redundancy, Employment Contract, Breach of Contract
February 21st, 2013 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Independent Legal Advice, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Restrictive Covenants, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Warranties, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
From our experience in dealing with redundancies, we have encountered situations where employees who, as per the terms of their employment contracts were not meant to work for anyone else whilst employed by their employers, have done so. In one instance, an employer working within the IT sector, with a creative job, in fact carried […]
Tags: Breach of Contract·Employment Contract·employment law·Redundancy
Employment Law, Redundancy, Return of Company Property, Compromise Agreement, Employment Contract
July 24th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Return of Company Property after Signing a Compromise Agreement
When facing redundancy or having been dismissed, employees are usually required to return company property. From our experience as employment law solicitors, we would suggest that when doing so, you seek someone senior in the company to sign off on the return, for example, a senior member of HR. This can help ensure that there […]
Tags: Compromise Agreement·Employment Contract·employment law·Redundancy·Return of Company Property after Signing a Compromise Agreement
Employment Law, Redundancy, Employment Contract, Post-Termination Restrictions
March 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Independent Legal Advice, Non Compete, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law
Many employees are not taking note of the importance and possible repercussions for breach of post-termination restrictions contained within their compromise agreements and contracts of employment, particularly for non-competition. From our vast experience as employment lawyers we have seen situations where employees taking redundancy have already obtained a new position with a new employer, but […]
Tags: Employment Contract·employment law·Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement·Redundancy
Employment Law, Redundancy, Employment Contract, Post-Termination Restrictions
March 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Breach of Confidential Information, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Non Compete, Non Solicitation, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law
From our vast experience of advising on UK employment law, including redundancies, we have seen that a number of employees are forgetting that even if their contracts of employment are terminated most employment contracts have post-termination restrictions in relation to confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation. Post-termination restrictions on confidentiality usually last indefinitely, whilst non-competition and non-solicitation […]
Tags: Employment Contract·employment law·Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement·Redundancy
Employment Law, Compromise Agreements, Restrictive Covenants, Employment Contract, Post-termination
November 8th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Compromise Agreements
Employees must at all times remember that there are restrictive covenants in their employment contracts. Post-termination of employment, employees will still be bound by the restrictive covenants in their employment contracts as well as the restrictive covenants in their compromise agreements. If you require further information about redundancy law, please contact us at enquiries@rtcooperssolicitors.com or visit one […]
Tags: Compromise Agreements·Employment Contract·employment law·Post-termination·Restrictive Covenants
Employment Law, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality, Employment Contract, Post-termination
November 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Breach of Confidential Information, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Independent Legal Advice, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Restrictive Covenants
Employees must at all times remember that there are confidentiality terms in their employment contracts. Post-termination of employment, employees will still be bound by the confidentiality provisions in their employment contracts as well as the confidentiality provisions in their compromise agreements. If you require further information about redundancy law, please contact us at enquiries@rtcooperssolicitors.com or visit one […]
Tags: Compromise Agreements·Confidentiality·Employment Contract·employment law·Post-termination