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Returning company property when you are made redundant

April 29th, 2014 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Choosing an Independent Legal Advisor to provide Advice on the Terms of your Compromise Agreement, Company Car, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Enhanced Redundancy Pay, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Repayment of Redundancy Pay, Return of Company Property after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement Lawyer, Settlement Agreement Solicitor, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements

If you are being made redundant, you would normally have to return all of your company’s property by a certain specified date in order to be paid your redundancy payment. Typical examples of employer’s property include, work mobile phones, portable storage devices (USBs) and cars/vans. One important point which we mention when advising clients is […]

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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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About to sign a settlement agreement?

March 17th, 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 Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Independent Legal Advice, Payment Terms, Re-employment, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Repayment of Redundancy Pay, Selection for Redundancy, Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement Lawyer, Settlement Agreement Solicitor, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay

About to sign a settlement agreement? Breaching a signed #settlementagreement could result in the repayment of enhanced #redundancypayment. Learn more http://tiny.cc/24dvcx.  Understand the implications. Call an #employmentlawsolicitor 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

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Breaching the terms of your settlement agreement

February 24th, 2014 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Enhanced Redundancy Pay, Legal Fees, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Repayment of Redundancy Pay, Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement Lawyer, Settlement Agreement Solicitor, Settlement Payment, Termination of Employment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

If you breach the terms of your settlement agreement after having been made redundant, you would have to repay the enhanced amount of redundancy payment that was paid to you. Employees are usually alarmed about this. We have seen cases where employers go further and ask for a full indemnity in the event of a breach […]

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Employment Law, Breach of Contract, Warranties, Redundancy, Compromise Agreement

February 22nd, 2013 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Enhanced Redundancy Pay, Independent Legal Advice, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Repayment of Redundancy Pay, Restrictive Covenants, Severance Pay, Summary Dismissal, Termination of Employment, Warranties, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract

Following on from our previous post, working for another company whilst employed and where this has been expressly prohibited in you employment contract, would constitute a breach of contract. Your employer would be entitled to seek damages for this. Furthermore, if you are facing redundancy, your employer will usually provide you with a compromise agreement. […]

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Employment Law, Redundancy, Compromise Agreement, Warranties

June 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Enhanced Redundancy Pay, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Repayment of Redundancy Pay, Statutory Redundancy Pay

As employment law solicitors, we would like to reemphasize that where an employee breaches any warranty contained in a compromise agreement, the employer has the right to demand repayment of the redundancy payment made, where this was made as an enhanced payment. That is, the payment made was not simply in accordance with statutory redundancy. […]

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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, 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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