Are settlement agreements a common sense arrangement when employers and employees need to part company or are they overused? McCormicks Solicitors’ Head of Employment Iain Jenkins sets out the arguments. Settlement Agreements – An Overused Cop out or a Common Sense Clean Break? Where would employment lawyers be without the common-or-garden settlement agreement? It would…
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Gay Head Teacher Awarded £700,000 Following Finding of Discrimination
There are no limits to compensation on claims for equality discrimination. Head of Employment Law at McCormicks, Iain Jenkins, looks at the implications. Gay Head Teacher Awarded £700,000 Following Finding of Discrimination A number of employment claims are subject to a cap on compensation but this is not the case with claims for discrimination under…
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New Head of Employment for McCormicks
New Head of Employment for McCormicks McCormicks Solicitors of Harrogate has appointed Iain Jenkins as Head of Employment Law. Iain brings expertise in all areas of contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including settlement agreements and negotiated exits, director and boardroom disputes, Employment Tribunal claims for unfair or wrongful dismissal, discrimination and whistleblowing. He has extensive…
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