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, 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
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Employment Law, Post-Termination Restrictions, Employment Law Solicitors, Confidentiality
May 4th, 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, Ex Gratia, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Repayment of Redundancy Pay
There seems to be a lot of misconception in relation to confidentiality obligations when it comes to being made redundant. It should not be a surprise to employees that they have to keep the terms of a compromise agreement confidential along with any information they come across during their employment. As employment law solicitors, we [...]
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Employment Law, Redundancy, Confidentiality, Redundancy Pay
December 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Independent Legal Advice, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Repayment of Redundancy Pay, Restrictive Covenants
Some employees are still not aware of the importance of confidentiality and complying with those provisions within their employment contracts as well as the confidentiality provisions within their compromise agreements. A breach of any of these provisions will in most cases, and at the very least, lead to the employees being made to repay any [...]
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Employment Law, Redundancy, Re-employment, Compromise Agreements, Redundancy Payment
December 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Re-employment, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Repayment of Redundancy Pay
We have seen employers implementing a practice whereby, they make employees redundant in the hope that once the climate changes, they would re-employ them. Those employees should note that if they are re-employed within two years of being made redundant, they would have to repay their redundancy payment. This is something which is usually included [...]
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