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Employment Lawyers, Voluntary Severance

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:19:52 +0000

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.

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© RT COOPERS, 2010. This Briefing Note does not provide a comprehensive or complete statement of the law relating to the issues discussed nor does it constitute legal advice. It is intended only to highlight general issues. Specialist legal advice should always be sought in relation to particular circumstances.

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

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:27:28 +0000

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 would not be required to attend work or undertake any work. For instance, an employee will:

remain an employee of the employer until the termination date;
continue to receive normal salary and contractual benefits (less usual deductions for tax and National Insurance contributions);
be required to take any outstanding holidays;
not contact any customers, suppliers or business contacts of its employer or an Associated Company, or undertake any work on behalf of its employer or any Associated Company without the prior consent of, the employer;
not undertake work either on a self-employed basis or for any other company, firm, business entity or other organisation;
not contact the press or other media or make any statement regarding the employer or any Associated Company;
maintain obligations of good faith, fidelity and confidentiality.

The employer may:-

require the employee to carry out duties other than the employee’s normal duties ;
in its absolute discretion, appoint another person to carry out some or all of the employee’s duties.

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Employment Lawyers – Compromise Agreements Solicitors

admin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:53:08 +0000

If you are on gardening leave and have been given a termination date for the termination of your employment, you may be required to notify your current employer if you have been offered a new job before the end of the termination date.

Usually once the employee notifies the employer, the employee’s employment would come to an end within 7 -14 days of notifying the employer.

All of these terms should be covered in your compromise agreement, if applicable.

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Compromise Agreement Advice – Garden Leave

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:12:32 +0000

If you are an employy, you should be aware of the date when you are meant to commence garden leave and check the date in their compromise agreement to ensure that the compromise agreement is signed before you take garden leave or some other arrangements are in place.

Garden Leave – Compromise Agreements

admin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:48:39 +0000

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 discussing with your employer the terms of your compromise agreement. If in doubt, seek advice.

We are advising a number of clients that are placed on garden leave because, for instance, their employers want them to take this time away from the office without paying them in leiu of notice.

Use the time at home to sort out your pension rights (if applicable), to ensure that all of your holiday entitlements are agreed and that you are happy with the terms of your compromise agreement.