If you are looking for a new job whilst employed, our law firm would always recommend looking at the post-termination restrictions contained in your employment contract before making any decisions. As employment law solicitors, we would advise you that the main reason for this is that both you and your new employer would need to [...]
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Employment Law, Post-Termination Restrictions, Employment Law Solicitors
May 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Non Compete, Non Solicitation, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Restrictive Covenants
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Employment Law, Post-Termination Provisions, Employment Contracts, Compromise Agreements
April 17th, 2012 · No Comments · 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, Non Compete, Non Solicitation, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Restrictive Covenants, Termination of Employment
As employment law solicitors, we advise employees on redundancies and the terms of their compromise agreements. We often find that they are unaware of, or do not fully consider the risks of breaching certain provisions that apply upon termination of employment, including non-solicitation and non-compete provisions. To reiterate what such provisions mean: Non-solicitation provisions prohibit soliciting/dealing [...]
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Employment Law, Redundancy, Post-Termination Restrictions, Joint Venture
April 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Independent Legal Advice, Non Compete, Re-employment, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Termination of Employment
Both employers and employees should be aware of provisions contained within compromise agreements that prevent an employee from returning to the job altogether, following redundancy. From our experience as employment law solicitors, such provisions can have far reaching scope particularly in complex scenarios where, for example, an employer consists of a number of joint venture [...]
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Employment Law, Redundancy, Employment Contract, Post-Termination Restrictions
March 30th, 2012 · No Comments · Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Independent Legal Advice, Non Compete, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law
Many employees are not taking note of the importance and possible repercussions for breach of post-termination restrictions contained within their compromise agreements and contracts of employment, particularly for non-competition. From our vast experience as employment lawyers we have seen situations where employees taking redundancy have already obtained a new position with a new employer, but [...]
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Employment Law, Redundancy, Employment Contract, Post-Termination Restrictions
March 26th, 2012 · 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, Non Compete, Non Solicitation, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law
From our vast experience of advising on UK employment law, including redundancies, we have seen that a number of employees are forgetting that even if their contracts of employment are terminated most employment contracts have post-termination restrictions in relation to confidentiality, non-competition and non-solicitation. Post-termination restrictions on confidentiality usually last indefinitely, whilst non-competition and non-solicitation [...]
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Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Employment Contracts, Compromise Agreements
January 17th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Independent Legal Advice, Non Compete, Non Solicitation, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Restrictive Covenants
Following our post below, we often advise employees on other provisions that apply upon termination of employment (that is, aside from confidentiality), including non-solicitation and non-compete provisions. Non-solicitation provisions prohibit ex-employees from soliciting/dealing with certain individuals closely related to their ex-employers (employees, customers and suppliers). Non-compete provisions prohibit ex-employees from setting up a business which [...]
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