Employment Law
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10 questions to ask your solicitor when offered a Settlement Agreement?
What happens if I do not sign?What amount of money am I being offered and what am I entitled to anyway? Put another way, what is my financial incentive to sign?I have been offered but I would like . Can I renegotiate and… Read More
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Have you ever said anything negative about your employer on Facebook?
If so you may not ‘like’ the recent decision of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in The British Waterways Board v Smith [2015] UKEAT/0004/15. In this case the EAT found a dismissal was fair, partly due to an… Read More
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Emsleys warns employees could be signing away their future by signing Settlement Agreements
Should you have received more compensation? Or are you worried that the terms are unreasonable?
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Have you been offered a settlement agreement?
News out today shows unemployment has fallen to 6.8%*. If you lose your job, finding a new one is a priority. The uncertain time between old and new jobs can be unsettling. This is why it is important if you are offered a Settlement… Read More
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ACAS Early Conciliation and the continued rise of the Settlement Agreement
With news that approximately 1,000 individuals per week* have contacted ACAS to discuss free Early Conciliation (EC), the new scheme is off to a flying start. Although initially optional, from 6th May 2014 EC is now mandatory. This means… Read More
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Written statement of terms of employment - Halloween Special
Disclaimer: Neither the writer nor Emsleys accepts any responsibility or liability for any loss or damage howsoever caused to the reader by the frightening use of trite Halloween references in this Blog. The reader reads on at their own… Read More
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Wills after Ilott - the importance of making a will
What may surprise some people is that even when you make a will you may not be able to leave your Estate entirely as you wish and it is important to take early professional advice from a solicitor. Sadly, life does not always work out… Read More
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Unfair dismissal qualifying period to increase – The law and my bathroom scales
I should have taken my own advice. Standing on the bathroom scales in the first week of the New Year, I had told myself, was not advisable in all the circumstances (those circumstances being a particularly merry Christmas indeed). The… Read More