Dismissal: Settlement agreements – what can the P&O scandal tell us?

Joseph Lappin reviews how to use confidential settlement agreements correctly after accusations that P&O ‘blackmailed’ staff into signing away their employment rights Settlement agreements should never be used to prevent proper disclosure about the agreement or the circumstances surrounding the agreement to professional advisers, who are bound by a duty of confidentiality. In March this …
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Collective redundancies: Criminal liability for failure to submit an HR1 – who is at risk?

Anita Mulholland explores a recent decision on personal liability for failure to notify the Secretary of State of proposed collective redundancies Directors, managers – and now administrators – may face personal prosecution if they fail to submit an HR1 form within the prescribed time. In R (on the application of Palmer) v Northern Derbyshire Magistrates’ …
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