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Compromise Agreement – Independent legal advice

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:38:58 +0000

In the compromise agreement, it would state that the Employer would pay the solicitor a contribution of up to £[ ] plus Value Added Tax towards the employee’s legal costs if the compromise agreement is executed by the employee, subject to receipt of an invoice addressed to the employee but marked payable by the Employer, and subject to confirmation from the independent solicitor that such legal costs were incurred solely in advising the employee regarding the termination of the employee’s employment and the preparation of the compromisea agreement.

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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 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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Employment Lawyers London – Legal Costs For Advising on Compromise Agreements

admin — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:32:38 +0000

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 receipt of an invoice addressed to the employee but marked payable by the employer, and subject to confirmation from us that such legal costs were incurred solely in advising the employee regarding the termination of the employee’s employment and the preparation of the compromise agreement. We have a policy that we would not charge an employee more than the contribution payable by the employer unless we have to engage in negotiations on behalf of the employee (subject to a minimum amount- http://www.employmentlawyersinlondon.com/

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Compromise Agreements – Termination Payments including Payment in lieu of Notice

admin — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 20:31:08 +0000

Employees should pay particular attention to ex-gratia termination payments which are stated to include compensation for failure to give the employee the full contractual notice (of termination), due to the tax implications in respect of the contractual notice payment element.

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Compromise Agreements – Banked Holidays

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:33:45 +0000

Some employers are including banked holidays as part of the settlement payment for employees that are facing redundancy. Therefore, if you are an employee facing redundancy, please check with your employer to see whether banked holidays would be taken into account in determining your settlement payment.

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Payment of Legal Advisers – Compromise Agreements

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:14:48 +0000

How do legal advisers get paid when advising on compromise agreements?

Your Employer will make a contribution to your legal cost. Usually there will be an additional charge if the lawyer has to negotiate with the Employer about the terms of your compromise agreement.

Once the Employee receives legal advice and all queries are dealt with by the legal adviser and/or Employer, we send the Employer an invoice made out in the Employee’s name but made payable by the Employer.

We need to be included in the Adviser’s Certificate in order for us to be paid (see previous entry).