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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
Tags: Employment Lawyers·enhanced redundancy pay·Made Redundant·Redundancy Payment·Settlement Agreement
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 […]
Tags: breach·enhanced amount·Indemnity·legal costs·Made Redundant·Redundancy Payment·Settlement Agreement
Redundancy Offer – Redundancy Payment – Negotiating the Amount – Settlement Agreement
December 16th, 2013 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Negotiating a Settlement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If you receive a low redundancy offer from your employer, you must be pragmatic. The amount on offer could be: All the company is able to offer you in the circumstances; or Limited/capped, i.e. there are instructions to limit the amount of redundancy pay to a certain amount. If none of the above apply, it […]
Tags: Negotiating the Amount·Redundancy Offer·Redundancy Payment·Settlement Agreement
Redundancy, Employment Law, Negotiation, Redundancy Payment
December 11th, 2012 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, 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, Negotiating a Settlement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment
Whether redundancy pay is negotiable or not really depends on the employer. There may only be a fixed budget allocated to making redundancies. Also, it is likely to depend on: the relationship the employee has with the company; the role he or she has in the company; his or her seniority; as well as circumstances […]
Tags: employment law·Negotiation·Redundancy·Redundancy Payment
Employment Law, Redundancy, Compromise Agreements, Redundancy Payment
April 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · Adviser's Certificate in Your Compromise Agreement, 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, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Severance Pay
We have vast experience of advising employees on their redundancy rights. When it comes to an employer making redundancy payments, these are generally only paid upon receipt by the employer of two signed hard copies of the compromise agreement. Therefore, once you have been advised on the terms of your compromise agreement and this has […]
Tags: Compromise Agreements·employment law·Redundancy·Redundancy Payment
Employment Law, Redundancy, Compromise Agreements, Redundancy Payment
March 13th, 2012 · No Comments · Adviser's Certificate in Your Compromise Agreement, 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, Ex Gratia, Independent Legal Advice, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Payment
From our experience of advising on redundancies, the usual practise is for an employer to only pay an employee his or her redundancy payment once the employer has received two signed hard copies of the compromise agreement. That is, where the compromise agreement has been signed by the employee and encloses the signed adviser’s certificate […]
Tags: Compromise Agreements·employment law·Redundancy·Redundancy Payment
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 […]
Tags: Compromise Agreements·employment law·Re-employment·Redundancy·Redundancy Payment
Incorrect calculation of redundancy payment and negotiating with HMRC
October 26th, 2011 · No Comments · Calculating Redundancy Pay, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, HMRC, Indemnity, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay
Employers should allow employees the opportunity to communicate and/or negotiate with HMRC in the event that the calculations for redundancy pay are incorrect and HMRC has sent a demand or assessment to the employer (Past), on behalf of the employee. The preferred position is for the employee to deal directly with HMRC rather than the […]
Tags: employment law·HMRC·Incorrect Calculation·Negotiation·Redundancy Payment
Employment Law, Confidentiality, Trade Secrets, Redundancy Payment
October 19th, 2011 · No Comments · 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, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Keeping the Terms of your Compromise Agreement Confidential, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Restrictive Covenants
Employees sometimes do not realise the importance of the need to keep the business affairs, trade secrets, marketing information and financial information about their employers confidential, especially post-termination. A breach of a compromise agreement may result in the employee having to repay the redundancy payment. If you require further information please contact us at enquiries@rtcooperssolicitors.com or visit […]
Tags: Confidentiality·employment law·Redundancy Payment·Trade Secrets
Employment Law, Compromise Agreement, Signed Original Copies, Redundancy Payment, Adviser’s Certificate
October 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Adviser's Certificate in Your Compromise Agreement, 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, Necessity for Legal Advice on the Terms of Your Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Signing Compromise Agreements
Employers will not pay any redundancy payments unless they have received signed original copies of compromise agreements with the accompanying advisers’ certificates included. Although it is usual practice to return electronic copies to employers they tend not to pay compensation payment unless they receive original compromise agreements. This must be taken into account by employees […]
Tags: Adviser's Certificate in Your Compromise Agreement·Compromise Agreement·employment law·Redundancy Payment·Signed Original Copies