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Settlement agreements

A settlement agreement is a deal reached between an employer and employee to end the employment relationship on agreed terms and usually on a confidential basis. The employee agrees not to bring an employment tribunal or court claim about the issues covered in the settlement agreement, often in return for a compensation payment. Settlement agreements were previously known as compromise agreements.


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    Top 10 HR questions May 2022: Bank holidays

    by Brightmine 1 Jun 2022
    by Brightmine 1 Jun 2022

    With the Platinum Jubilee long weekend, last month's most-asked questions include queries about bank holidays, annual leave, sickness, and more...

    • Employee relations
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    • Education

    Record £850k payout for teacher assaulted by pupil

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2022

    Teachers union reveals £15m was paid out to teachers who were subject to unfair dismissal, violence, bullying and unlawful deductions from wages.

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    P&O Ferries’ redundancy obligations: Legal Q&A

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2022

    Some facets of the government's response to the 800 job losses were ill-informed, a legal expert tells Personnel Today

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    Crucial collective bargaining case reaches Supreme Court

    by Adam McCulloch 17 May 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 17 May 2021

    Kostal UK Ltd v Dunkley and Others will decide whether organisations are able to negotiate directly with staff where trade unions hold collective bargaining rights. 

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    Employment law in limbo: Key proposals to resurrect in 2021

    by Stephen Simpson 4 Feb 2021
    by Stephen Simpson 4 Feb 2021

    Many proposed employment law changes that the government has put forward in the last few years have stalled, mainly as...

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    Agency workers paid less than employees win back pay

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Dec 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Dec 2020

    Forty agency workers who collect waste for Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands will receive thousands of pounds...

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    ‘Love contracts’? Managing personal relationships at work

    by Philip Richardson 10 Sep 2020
    by Philip Richardson 10 Sep 2020

    While the coronavirus lockdown may have cooled some simmering office romances over recent months, it’s well known that many personal...

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    Settlement agreements: Paying employees’ legal bills

    by Charles Wynn-Evans 13 Jan 2020
    by Charles Wynn-Evans 13 Jan 2020

    The amount that an employer should pay towards a departing employee’s legal fees for taking advice on a settlement agreement...

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    • Bank holidays

    HR horrors: How to avoid a Halloween nightmare

    by Clare Gilroy-Scott, Katee Dias & Emily Kearsey 30 Oct 2019
    by Clare Gilroy-Scott, Katee Dias & Emily Kearsey 30 Oct 2019

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    Government considering making employee references mandatory

    by Rob Moss 29 Oct 2019
    by Rob Moss 29 Oct 2019

    The government has said it will consult on the idea that employers should be required to provide, as a minimum,...

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    Top 10 HR questions September 2019: The effect of a leap year on pay

    by Brightmine 1 Oct 2019
    by Brightmine 1 Oct 2019

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    by Brightmine 3 Sep 2019
    by Brightmine 3 Sep 2019

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    New laws on misuse of NDAs in the workplace

    by Rob Moss 22 Jul 2019
    by Rob Moss 22 Jul 2019

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    by Paul Quain and Lisa Rix 7 May 2019
    by Paul Quain and Lisa Rix 7 May 2019

    After more than two years of watching politicians grapple with one of the most complex negotiations the UK has ever...

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    • Employee relations

    Academics forced to sign NDAs to cover up bullying and harassment allegations

    by Jo Faragher 17 Apr 2019
    by Jo Faragher 17 Apr 2019

    Dozens of academics have been forced to sign non-disclosure agreements to stop bullying, discrimination and sexual misconduct allegations coming out,...

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