In some cases employees can accept compromise agreements without going through the redundancy process. This could mean receiving an enhanced redundancy payment rather than a statutory payment. If you require further information about redundancy law, please contact us at enquiries@rtcooperssolicitors.com or visit one of the following pages on employment law: http://www.rtcoopers.com/practice_employment.php http://www.rtcoopers.com/faq-redundancyemployee.php http://www.employmentlawyersinlondon.com/video.php http://www.employmentlawyersinlondon.com http://www.compromiseagreementlonuk.com/ © RT [...]
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Employment Law, Redundancy, Enhanced Redundancy Pay, Statutory Redundancy Pay
December 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Enhanced Redundancy Pay, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Statutory Redundancy Pay
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An employee must take seriously an employer’s offer comprised in a compromise agreement. Most employers give a short timeframe in which to accept their offer. This means the employee obtaining independent legal advice and signing the compromise agreement within the time scale. In cases where the deadline is missed, the employee may not receive an [...]
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Employment Law, Compromise Agreement, voluntary redundancy, Confidentality
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If you are an employee and looking for employment law advice, then you should note that confidentiality is a crucial part of your compromise agreement. If you are yet to receive your draft compromise agreement, it is important that you do not disclose any confidential information about your employer in any pre-compromise agreement discussions with any [...]
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Where an employee and employer are involved in protracted negotiations over the terms of a compromise agreement, the employee should always bear in mind the time limits for bringing any prospective claim in an employment tribunal. If this date passes, this is likely to have an adverse effect on the employee’s negotiation position, if this [...]
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An employee should seek legal advice on an offer proposed by an employer if being made redundant. We are seeing that sometimes when an employee has another job offer, the employee is keen to leave his or her employment and does not seek legal advice on the offer. Once the compromise agreement is signed, it becomes [...]
Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Payment In Lieu of Notice
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This is a reminder that payments in lieu of notice are subject to tax and national insurance at the approved rates. We are still being asked whether this is the case by a number of employers and employees, especially employees about their employee rights. If you require employment law advice especially in relation to your compromise agremeent, [...]
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Employment Lawyers – Compromise Agreement – Employment Lawyers London – Empolyment solicitor – unfair dismissal
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As employment lawyers, we have been advising many employees this month on their offers. On a practical note, if you are an employee and have been offered a severance pay, before you decide to reject this offer and claim unfair dismissal, please take advice on the offer. In a number of cases, we found that [...]
Employment law Advice For Employers, Redundancies, Compromise Agreements – Offer of Employment
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Where senior executives have been paid handsomely, they are usually required to sign a compromise agreement in which they would have to, for a period of twelve (12) months following the Termination Date, undertake to notify the employer when an offer of alternative employment has been made and agree to provide the employer with such [...]
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Employment Law Advice – Employment Lawyer – Compromise Agreement – Employment Solicitors
June 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Notice Periods, Payment in Lieu of Notice, Payment Terms, Redundancy, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay
It is important to note that a contract of employment must include at the least the statutory minimum notice period. Where an employment contract contains a notice period that is less than the statutory notice period, this clause would be void. The current statutory minimum notice periods are as follows: One week if the employee’s [...]
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