Later this year, compromise agreements are going to be renamed settlement agreements. When this happens, there will also be a very helpful change for employers. So what’s on cards?
Published 07.02.2013
You’re considering offering an employee a settlement agreement. How can you ensure that your negotiations and the documentation comply with the legal requirements and the relevant Acas Code of
Practice?
Published 18.06.2014
Once a settlement agreement is signed by both parties, its terms are strictly confidential. However, before this happens, you won’t want an employee divulging your discussions to anyone who will
listen. How can this be prevented?
Published 20.11.2014
When the Equality Act 2010 came into force some legal experts claimed that it rendered compromise agreements “useless”. We told you not to panic as it was almost certainly an “unintentional drafting
error”. So who was right?
Published 07.03.2012
Later this year, compromise agreements will be renamed settlement agreements. At the same time, a new ACAS code of practice will be issued. However, its first draft has one big problem. What is it
and what can you do?
Published 11.03.2013
The government has announced a raft of employment law reforms said to be the “biggest in decades”. But are they really as “radical” as suggested?
Published 14.12.2011
You’re going to meet with an employee to discuss her poor performance and want to use the opportunity to offer her a compromise agreement (to get her out). Is this idea of speeding up the process
necessarily a good one?
Published 02.10.2008
The government intends to introduce a new “employee-owner” employment status in April 2013. In return for shares in the employer’s company, the individual will waive certain statutory rights. OK -
but what’s been kept very quiet?
Published 31.10.2012
Apparently, the government is going to make the current tribunal system much fairer on employers like you. Is this true, or just a load of political hot air?
Published 22.02.2011