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- Date:
- 20 November 2018
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
Protected conversations can be a good way to agree mutually acceptable exit terms - attractive to employers and employees alike - while protecting your business. Darren Newman, an employment lawyer with more than 20 years' experience, takes you through what you need to do to negotiate successfully.
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- Type:
- How to
Practical guidance on conducting pre-termination negotiations, including the rules on protected conversations under s.111A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and the without prejudice principle; and how to initiate a conversation with an employee about a possible settlement agreement, while minimising the risk of an unfair dismissal.
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- Type:
- How to
Updated to take account of changes to the tax treatment of sums paid under a settlement agreement, effective from 6 April 2020.
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- Type:
- FAQs
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- Date:
- 1 March 2017
- Type:
- Law reports
In Lenlyn UK Ltd v Kular EAT/0108/16, the EAT held that an employer's offer to an employee of a settlement agreement did not constitute a "protected conversation" because the employer had acted improperly in all the circumstances, and in doing so had also breached trust and confidence.
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- Date:
- 2 December 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has held that the circumstances surrounding a protected conversation made dismissal appear a foregone conclusion and amounted to a fundamental breach of contract.
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- Date:
- 1 October 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
David Malamatenios is partner at Colman Coyle solicitors. He rounds up the latest rulings.
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- Date:
- 16 September 2016
- Type:
- Law reports
In DLA Piper's latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) confirmed the privilege that applies to protected conversations cannot be waived and extends not only to the content of those protected conversations, but also to the fact of the conversations taking place.
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- Date:
- 13 April 2015
- Type:
- Survey analysis
Latest XpertHR research looks at the impact of the new legal framework surrounding pre-termination agreements and examines when, why and how settlement agreements are used by employers to facilitate employee departures.
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- Date:
- 1 October 2013
- Type:
- Law reports
David Malamatenios is a partner, and Linda Quinn, Krishna Santra, Sandra Martins and Melissa Powys-Rodrigues are solicitors at Colman Coyle Solicitors. They round up the latest rulings.
