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Entries from July 30th, 2010

Unfair Dismissal

July 30th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Maternity Rights, Redundancy, Unfair Dismissal, Without Prejudice Discussions, Wrongful dismissal

Employers and employees should note that as of 1 February 2010, the compensatory award for unfair dismissall (maximum to be awarded) is now £65,300.00. There is no statutory limit on compensation payable as a result of Sex, Race and/or Disability Discrimination. There is a limit of £25,000 on awards that can be made by tribunals in breach […]

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Employment Lawyers – Compromise Agreements – Offer made by Employer

July 23rd, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Offer from your employer, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Redundancy, Redundancy Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Termination Payment

If you are an employee, our employment lawyers cant stress enough how important it is to take independent legal advice as early as possible from emoployment solicitors and not to delay especially if  your employer has given you a date by which to accept the offer and return your signed compromise agreement. A number of employees that our […]

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Employment Lawyers – Compromise Agreement – Employment Lawyers London – Empolyment solicitor – unfair dismissal

July 20th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Payment Terms, Redundancy, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Unfair Dismissal

As employment lawyers, we have been advising many employees this month on their offers. On a practical note, if you are an employee and have been offered a severance pay, before you decide to reject this offer and claim unfair dismissal, please take advice on the offer. In a number of cases, we found that […]

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Employment Lawyers, Voluntary Severance

July 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Completion Date of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Early Retirement, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Garden Leave, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Payment of Legal Advisers, Payment of Normal Salary, Payment Terms, Redundancy, Redundancy Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination of Employment, Voluntary Severance

If an employee agrees to take voluntary severance, the employee may have a 3 – 6 month’s notice period.   The employee’s employment would end at the end of the notice period (‘the Termination Date’) by mutual agreement.  It is usual practice to place the employee on  garden leave up to and including the Termination Date.  If you require […]

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Employment Lawyers – Employer outsourcing

July 9th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, outsourcing, Redundancy, Redundancy Pay, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

We were recently asked whether an employer can outsource services and make employees redundant at the same time.  As the employer is likely to be making employees redundant as a result of economic reasons (restructuring), outsourcing the services may be cheaper than having employees. However, the roles have to be matched? Are the roles the […]

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Employment Lawyers London – Legal Costs For Advising on Compromise Agreements

July 6th, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Adviser's Certificate in Your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Legal Fees, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Payment of Legal Advisers, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

 Legal fees – Employees tend to be very worried abot how much they would have to pay to receive advice on their compromise agreements. The usual practice is that the employer would pay us a contribution towards the employee’s legal fees plus VAT if the compromise agreement is executed by the employee and subject to […]

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Compromise Agreements Employment Law – Employment Lawyers London

July 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · About Compromise Agreement Blog, 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, Redundancy, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

An employee is required to obtain independent legal advice. The adviser is required to give a warrant (in most cases) along the lines that:- ” I also warrant and confirm that I am a solicitor of the Supreme Court, who holds a valid practising certificate and whose firm, [insert solicitor’s firm’s name and address], is covered […]

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Employment law Advice For Employers, Redundancies, Compromise Agreements – Offer of Employment

July 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Job Offer during consultation period, Offer of Employment, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancy, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment

Where senior executives have been paid handsomely, they are usually required to sign a compromise agreement in which they would have to, for a period of twelve (12) months following the Termination Date,  undertake to notify the employer when an offer of alternative employment has been made and agree to provide the employer with such […]

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