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Breaching a settlement agreement

April 1st, 2014 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Breach of Confidential Information, Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Collectively Agreed, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Enhanced Redundancy Pay, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential, Legal Fees, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Negotiating a Settlement, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Reason for Leaving, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Repayment of Redundancy Pay, Restrictive Covenants, Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement Lawyer, Settlement Agreement Solicitor, Settlement Payment, Signing Compromise Agreements, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

About to sign a settlement agreement? Breaching a signed settlement agreement could result in the repayment of enhanced redundancy payment. Learn more http://tiny.cc/24dvcx. Understand the implications. Call an employment law solicitor now on 0207 488 9947 or fill in enquiry form at http://tiny.cc/jth8bx http://www.rtcoopers.com/employees.php http://www.rtcoopers.com/testimonials_employmentlaw.php                 Share this:  

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Employment Law, Redundancy, Confidentiality, Compromise Agreement

May 17th, 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, Job Interview, Job Offer, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Repayment of Redundancy Pay

From our experience of advising on redundancies, we have seen that clients often overlook the importance of confidentiality. It is standard practice for a compromise agreement to contain a confidentiality clause, which typically outlines a promise made by the employee not to disclose anything relating to his or her employment, termination or compromise agreement to […]

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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 […]

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Employment Law, Confidentiality, Trade Secrets, Redundancy Payment

October 19th, 2011 · No Comments · Breach of Confidential Information, Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Restrictive Covenants

Employees sometimes do not realise the importance of the need to keep the business affairs, trade secrets, marketing information and financial information about their employers confidential, especially post-termination. A breach of a compromise agreement may result in the employee having to repay the redundancy payment. If you require further information please contact us at enquiries@rtcooperssolicitors.com or visit […]

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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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Compromise Agreements – Non Solicitation Clauses – Restrictive Covenants

February 3rd, 2010 · 7 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Breach of Confidential Information, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential, Non Solicitation, Restrictive Covenants, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

Where employees are senior executives, employers are reinforcing the non solicitation clauses in the compromise agreement even though such clauses are already set out in the employee’s contract of employment. A restrictive covenant in relation to other employees might state:- The employee shall not at any time during the period of twelve months from the […]

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What Reference Can you Expect? – Going Through Redundancy and Compromise Agreement- Redundancy Law

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Breach of Confidential Information, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Reference, Signing Compromise Agreements, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

If you have been made redundant and have been asked to sign a compromise agreement, then your employer usually would provide you with a reference.  Your employer in the future will be subject to the confidentiality provisions set out  in your compromise agreement (which you both will sign), so if your employer receives any written reference […]

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Breaching Confidentiality Provisions – Compromise Agreements

September 18th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Breach of Confidential Information, Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential

We discussed the fact that both an employee as well as an employer have to mantain confidentiality with regards to the confidentialty provisions in a compromise agreement. We are now going to look at what could happen if such provisions are breached by either party. In summary: The party claiming breach would need to have […]

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Breach of Confidential Information – Compromise Agreements

August 29th, 2009 · 24 Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Breach of Confidential Information, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential

We have addressed the topic of confidentiality many times before. We are still finding that both employers and employees are at risk of breaching the confidentiality provisions in compromise agreements.  For employers it is usually in relation to references.  For employees they sometimes do not know what they are allowed to disclose to their new […]

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Warranties in Compromise Agreements Cont’d

June 24th, 2009 · 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 Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential, 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 Date, 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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