In the case of Garratt v Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd [2011], the claimant claimed an enhanced redundancy payment pursuant to a collective agreement signed between his employer and the British Association of Journalists (a union of which he was a member). The entitlement to the enhanced redundancy payment of 2 weeks’ pay for each full […]
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Employment Law – Enhanced Redundancy Entitlement can be subject to a Compromise Agreement
July 5th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Signing Compromise Agreements, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Compromise Agreement – Post Termination Provisions – Redundancy
June 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Post Termination Restrictions after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Restrictive Covenants, Return of Company Property after Signing a Compromise Agreement, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
We are advising a number of employees on post termination provisions in their contracts of employment and compromise agreements. You must ensure as an employee that you are not setting up in competition with your employer or soliciting any of your employer’s clients. You must take advice on post termination provisions in your compromise agreements.
Redundancy Pay, Employment Law Compromise Agreement
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Employees facing redundancy are finding that a number of employers are simply offering statutory redundancy pay. Some employers are just offering the notice period to employees as their redundancy pay.
Lawyer Employment, Employee Rights, Voluntary Redundancy, Solicitors
March 4th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Contract of Employment, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Equality Act, Offer from your employer, Offer of Employment, Signing Compromise Agreements, Summary Dismissal, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Unfair Dismissal, Voluntary Redundancy, Voluntary Severance, Warranties, Without Prejudice Discussions, Wrongful dismissal, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
If you are an employee you should be aware of a warranty that may be included in your compromise agreement. The warranty would state that the employee confirms that the employee has not accepted an offer of employment. An employe is at risk of being in breach of the employee’s compromise agreement, if the empployee accepts an offer of employment prior to the termination […]
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Employment Law – Compromise Agreement
February 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment
Under employment law, any sums owed to an employer by an employee upon termination of an employee’s contract of employment, will normally be deducted from any severance payment being paid to the employee (unless agreed otherwise in advance). This should always be taken into account in a compromise agreement.
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Employment Law, Compromise Agreement, voluntary redundancy, Confidentality
February 15th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Confidentiality Provisions in a Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Resignation, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
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 […]
Tags: Compromise Agreement·Confidentiality·employment law·voluntary redundancy
Employee Rights, Termination of Employment, Redundancy, Compromise Agreement
February 11th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Unfair Dismissal, Voluntary Redundancy, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
Depending on the circumstances surrounding the termination of an employee’s employment, a request by the employee to have the reason for termination included in or omitted from any subsequent compromise agreement (and reference, where applicable) is an important one, as this could impact future employment prospects.
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Compromise Agreement, Employment Tribunal, Unfair Dismissal
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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 […]
Tags: Compromise Agreement·Employment Tribunal·Unfair Dismissal
Compromise Agreement, Private Medical Cover, Redundancy, Unfair dismissal
February 6th, 2011 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Unfair Dismissal, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
We are finding that when some employees are faced with redundancy, there are employers that are willing to allow these employees’ private medical cover to continue for a short period after the employees’ termination dates. This is not an entitlement and is always subject to the discretion of the employers. It clearly would depend on the circumstances in […]
Employment Solicitors, Employee Rights, Compromise Agreement, Redundancy payment
December 1st, 2010 · No Comments · About Compromise Agreement Blog, Compromise Agreement Solicitor, Compromise Agreement Solicitors, Compromise Agreements, Dismissal Before the Termination Date, Employment Lawyers, Employment Solicitors, Employment Tribunals, Payment Terms, Redundancies, Redundancy, Redundancy law, Redundancy Pay, Settlement Payment, Severance Pay, Signing Compromise Agreements, Statutory Redundancy Pay, Termination Date, Termination of Employment, Termination Payment, Your Compromise Agreement is a Binding Contract
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 […]