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
You’ve agreed to terminate an employee’s role via a settlement agreement. Nevertheless, you don’t want them telling their colleagues about the settlement figure. How can you prevent this?
Published 24.09.2020
Where an employee threatens a tribunal claim and you wish to settle, it’s advisable to use a settlement agreement. When you do so, will that agreement automatically bar the employee from bringing any
claim against you?
Published 31.03.2022
MPs recently criticised the use of confidentiality clauses in certain settlement agreements, stating that the employers’ requirements were outrageous. Does this mean you shouldn’t subject an employee
to such a clause?
Published 11.02.2014
When employment is terminated by way of a settlement agreement, the employee must take independent legal advice on its terms otherwise it won’t be binding. Are you required to pay all of the
employee’s legal fees for advice?
Published 08.03.2022
A nightmare employee has agreed to go under the terms of a compromise agreement. But they’ve now asked you to confirm that you will be meeting all their legal fees! You don’t want them to pull out if
you say no, so what can you do?
Published 04.01.2010
Settlement agreements can be used to compromise various types of employment-related claim that have already arisen or are intimated by the employee. But can they be used to compromise unknown
discrimination claims?
Published 29.11.2022
A good settlement agreement will say that it settles all future employment-related claims that the employee has or may have against you. According to the High Court, to what extent can you rely on a
clause of this nature?
Published 14.05.2015
Prior to entering into a settlement agreement, you’ll likely have negotiations with the employee or their legal advisor. Why should every settlement offer that you make be marked “without prejudice”?
Published 29.04.2021