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Employment Law – Automatic Unfair Dismissal – Reasonable belief of Serious and Imminent Danger – Health & Safety

July 19th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Dismissal Before the Termination Date

In the case of Oudahar v Esporta Group Ltd [2011], the claimant was a chef. The respondent had some electrical work undertaken in the workplace and the claimant asserted that there were unsecured electrical cables. As a result and contrary to the respondent’s instructions, the claimant refused to mop the floor near this area, for […]

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Employment Solicitors, Employee Rights, Compromise Agreement, Redundancy payment

December 1st, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Payment Terms, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

An employee should seek legal advice on an offer proposed by an employer if being made redundant. We are seeing that sometimes when an employee has another job offer, the employee is keen to leave his or her employment and does not seek legal advice on the offer. Once the compromise agreement is signed, it becomes […]

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Compromise Agreement, Employment lawyers London, Negotiating a Settlement

October 13th, 2010 · 2 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Negotiating a Settlement, No Admission of Liability on the Part of your Employer, Offer from your employer, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Payment of Legal Advisers, Payment of Normal Salary, Payment Terms, Reason for Leaving, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

Our employment solicitors are finding that a numbe r of employers are offering employees compromise agreements in circumstances where there is no dispute and/or redundancy, but as a means of mutual agreement. The employer has to act fairly. The employee has to negiotiate a good package.  It is worthwhile seeking legal advice from our employment lawyers […]

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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 London – Employment Solicitors – Compromise Agreement Solicitors London

June 2nd, 2010 · 69 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Reason for Leaving, Redundancy, Reference, Restrictive Covenants, Termination Date, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

An employee must ensure that any reason given by an employer in a compromise agreement for the employee leaving his/her employment is accurate.  Commonly, compromise agreements will say “your employment shall terminate on the Termination Date by reason of redundancy” or “your employment shall terminate on the Termination Date by mutual agreement”.  It is not unheard of […]

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Employment Lawyers – Post Termination Provisions

May 5th, 2010 · 7 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Employment Lawyers, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Restrictive Covenants, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

Post Termination Obligations When senior executives are leaving a company, the company may add additional clauses to their compromise agreements to ensure that they are bound. A typical clause would be “You acknowledge that you will continue to be bound by the terms  of your employment contract in relation to  Confidentiality, Intellectual Property, Inventions and Patents and […]

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Employment Law Advice – Garden Leave – Compromise Agreement – Dismissal – Redundancy

April 28th, 2010 · 6 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Employment Lawyers, Garden Leave, Redundancy, Redundancy Pay, Restrictive Covenants, Settlement Payment, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

A number of employees are being placed on garden leave and do not know what to expect during this period. You can be put on garden leave up to and including your termination date.  If you are an employee, your employer may require you to sign a compromise agreement whilst on garden leave. This means that you […]

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Advice on Employment Law – Return of Property to Employers

November 16th, 2009 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Return of Company Property after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Warranties, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

If you are an employee, your employer  may ask you to give a warranty in your compromise agreement that before the Termination Date you will delete irretrievably any information relating to the business or business contacts of the Employer that you have stored on any magnetic or optical disk or memory of any personal electronic devices, […]

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Garden Leave – Compromise Agreements

September 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Compromise Agreements, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Entitlement to Untaken Accrued Holidays, Garden Leave, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Pension Rights, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Untaken Holidays, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

There are circumstances when an employee may be placed on garden leave before the employee’s termination date and the signing of the employee’s compromise agreement. If you are an employee and you find yourself in this situation you have to ensure that, during the period you are at home outside the office, you are still […]

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Warranties in Compromise Agreements Cont’d

July 1st, 2009 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Adviser's Certificate in Your Compromise Agreement, Benefits - What happens to your Benefits once you sign a Compromise Agreement?, Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, No Admission of Liability on the Part of your Employer, No Entitlement to Compensation, Pension Rights, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination of Employment, Warranties, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

We are continuing with our discussion on warranties in compromise agreements. Our previous entries explain a number of warranties that you will have to give to your employer. One of the key warranties is that: 1. You have received independent legal advice on all and any claims that you might be able to bring against […]

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