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		<title>What is a protected conversation?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protected conversations are a new concept which will be introduced by the The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill (the “Bill”) in the summer of 2013. This   will provide that an employer who commences a conversation with an employee with a view to terminating his or her employment under a settlement agreement, can do so without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get ready for an early exit if you are underperforming at work, as “settlement agreements” are about to take centre stage. Employment lawyer Philip Landau looks ahead at the practical implications.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 23:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may be familiar with the term “compromise agreement”. This is a termination document which you are often asked to sign when you leave employment to ensure that you cannot make any claim against your employer. Later this year, the document will be renamed “settlement agreement” and is being introduced by a new law, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disciplinary sackings in the City are on the increase.  But what are your rights, and why could a settlement agreement be your best route?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employment lawyer Philip Landau from Landau Zeffertt Weir Solicitors, looks at the position: Disciplinary cases resulting in dismissals or suspensions have hit a 5 year high, after a crackdown on misbehaviour in the UK financial services sector. These recent statistics were obtained from law firm Pinsent Masons following a Freedom of Information Actrequest to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do the new employment law reforms represent a further erosion of worker’s rights?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Sep 2012 11:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday 20th September, Vince Cable setout the coalition’s vision for employment law reform. And it wasn’t too pretty for employees. The headline news that worried most is that the maximum statutory unfair dismissal compensation of £72,300 is to be cut with a replacement that is the lower of either an individual&#8217;s annual net salary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Fire at will” is out, but “paying off staff” is in, as Settlement Agreements get the thumbs up.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are an under-performing employee or in dispute with your employer, there will soon be a mechanism in place to fast track you out of the business- but only if you agree. This follows Vince Cable’s announcement yesterday to introduce the use of “settlement agreements”, which is designed to make it easier for employers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s in a name? Compromise Agreements “are to be renamed Settlement Agreements.”</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 17:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major employment law changes are underway. On 23rd November 2011 the Government published its Response to Resolving Workplace Disputes intended in part to ensure that both employers and employees have greater access to resolving disputes as early as possible, and in the most streamlined way. One such proposal which is likely to be implemented very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Treatment Of Settlement Agreements</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will you be taxed on the ex gratia payments in your Settlement Agreement? Ex gratia payments are the non- contractual payments paid by your employer as compensation for loss of office. As a rule, the first £30,000 of the compensation will be tax free. If a Settlement Agreement offers compensation which exceeds £30,000, the sum [...]]]></description>
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