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February 4th, 2010
Summary
How martin searle solicitors’ employment team assisted a trade union where its members’ terms and conditions were varied and the Compromise Agreements compensated for this. This was to ensure that employees did not resign and claim constructive dismissal. By signing the Compromise Agreement they waived their right to bring a [...]
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February 4th, 2010
Summary
How martin searle solicitors‘ bulk sign-off service for Compromise Agreements helped a local employer which was restructuring and reducing its workforce by nearly 20 people.
The situation
The managing director contacted us after the company had been through the redundancy process and had reached agreements with the trade unions on agreed selection [...]
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December 11th, 2009
Summary
How Fiona Martin stopped a community worker being dismissed and secured a Compromise Agreement with an ex-gratia sum of £20,000 and an agreed reference.
The situation
Shirley*, a community worker, and her boyfriend, another community worker in the same team, had been suspended pending an investigation into a number [...]
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October 24th, 2009
Summary
How Fiona Martin secured a three-fold increase in compensation and a reference as part of an employee’s Compromise Agreement.
The situation
John (not his real name) was a financial manager at a large firm. There were a number of issues in the business and a new financial director had joined. Soon afterwards, [...]
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