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 If you do, the offer may be withdrawn and you would only be entitled to the statutory minimum amount of redundancy payment (if your employer was initially offering you […]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, Redundancies, Confidentiality
July 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Breach of Confidential Information, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Independent Legal Advice, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Restrictive Covenants
As employment law solicitors, we often find when advising on redundancies and compromise agreements that employees are concerned about the length of time they have to keep information confidential. The obligation to keep information about your employer confidential is infinite unless it comes into the public domain or is required to be disclosed by law. […]
Employment Law, Redundancies, Data Subject Access
July 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Data Protection, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Independent Legal Advice, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Subject Access Request
In the last few years employers are including restrictions on the right to make a data subject access request in compromise agreements. If an employee is concerned by this and wishes to make a request, he or she should do it before the agreement is signed. From our vast experience as employment lawyers advising on […]
Employment Law, Redundancies, Job reference
July 25th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Reference
Employers typically give standard job references, which indicate when an employee joined the organisation, when he or she left and the role filled. Having advised many clients on redundancies and reference letters in our capacity as employment law solicitors, it is a good idea to agree that a schedule be attached to a compromise agreement. Further, […]
Employment Law, Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Termination Payment
May 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Termination Payment
From what we have witnessed as employment law solicitors, in this climate some employees are not being paid for up to four months. From an employee’s position, particularly one who is being made redundant, we would want to ensure safeguards are put into the compromise agreement to ensure that following execution of the agreement by […]
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Employment Law, Compromise Agreements, Redundancies, Without Prejudice
May 8th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Without Prejudice
We regularly advise people who are being made redundant on the terms of their compromise agreements. Usually a compromise agreement is “without prejudice subject to contract” before signed. Once it is signed, the agreement becomes binding on both the employee and the employer, and can be used as evidence in court. This is important in […]
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Employment Law, Redundancies, Compromise Agreement, Independent Legal Adviser
May 2nd, 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, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay
If you are being made redundant and your employer provides you with a compromise agreement, a date would normally also be provided by which you must have returned it. The employee must ensure the compromise agreement is signed along with the adviser’s certificate, which is signed by the independent legal adviser, and returned by the […]
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Employment lawyers, Redundancy, Redundancies, Redundancy law
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It is worth emphasising that once an employee signs a compromise agreement and the employer signs, the compromise agreement becomes a binding contract. Thereafter, both parties are bound. The employee cannot change his/her mind at this stage. If you require further information on redundancy law, please contact us at enquiries@rtcooperssolicitors.com or visit one of the […]
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