Grievance at work (+ comp agreement)

I've sent you some details Tulip of an employment advisor you can speak with.

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I've sent you some details Tulip of an employment advisor you can speak with.

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Many thanks Louise Jane - will wait for your email to come through. Have checked my orange account, but lately emails seem to take forever to make an appearance (!).

I d ask for 6 and settle at 3.

I'm in no way an expert in employment law but it sounds like you have been very unfairly treated and possibly discriminated against because you have had a child. If it were me, I would certainly refuse to accept or sign anything without some legal advice first, it's not like you owe this organisation anything after all.

If it supposedly a genuine redundancy why are they wanting you to sign a compromise agreement?

You will require to get legal advice before you sign it anyway as that will be a condition of the compromise agreement, just make sure you tell your advisor the full story to enable them to advise you on whether to sign it or not in the current format.

H signed a compromise agreement with his previous employer, he received 6 months salary tax free and he only had 3 months service at this point. I personally think you should definitely be looking at more.

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If it supposedly a genuine redundancy why are they wanting you to sign a compromise agreement?

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I thought it was standard to get a compromise agreement with all redundancies nowadays ? I know i got one at my last place, I had only been there 6 months and received 3 months pay which I was pleasantly surprised at.

Comp agreements are standard for almost all redundancies these days.

If you feel that you've been unfairly treated then I would definitely ask for more or threaten them with further legal action. Tribunals are phenomenally expensive for employers regardless of whether they win or lose and most will want to avoid it getting to that stage if at all possible.

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quote:Originally posted by Roobarb
If it supposedly a genuine redundancy why are they wanting you to sign a compromise agreement?

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I thought it was standard to get a compromise agreement with all redundancies nowadays ? I know i got one at my last place, I had only been there 6 months and received 3 months pay which I was pleasantly surprised at.

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Not as far as I know. If I was advising an employer on a redundancy as long as they followed a fair process I wouldn't think they'd need a CA, as redundancy is a potentially fair reason for dismissal so provided the selection process is fair and they follow the statutory dismissal procedures they should be OK. CAs can cost the employer quite a bit of additional money at what is often a time they could do without spending extra so I'd only think they'd maybe need it if they'd cocked up somehow ?

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quote:Originally posted by bettyb

quote:Originally posted by Roobarb
If it supposedly a genuine redundancy why are they wanting you to sign a compromise agreement?

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I thought it was standard to get a compromise agreement with all redundancies nowadays ? I know i got one at my last place, I had only been there 6 months and received 3 months pay which I was pleasantly surprised at.

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Not as far as I know. If I was advising an employer on a redundancy as long as they followed a fair process I wouldn't think they'd need a CA, as redundancy is a potentially fair reason for dismissal so provided the selection process is fair and they follow the statutory dismissal procedures they should be OK. CAs can cost the employer quite a bit of additional money at what is often a time they could do without spending extra so I'd only think they'd maybe need it if they'd cocked up somehow ?

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Hmm, I think my employer may of done it just to cover their own back then. I had only been employed for 6 months and my role was being relocated so there was no question that I had to leave, so they hadn't really cocked up as the relocation thing was due to a customer moving office so outside of their control.

You really need to obtain some legal advice before accepting any compromised agreement.

I accepted one last year which came as a result of raising a grievance against the Headteacher. At the time I was off work with stress and prescribed anti-depressants (I am still on them). I had a Union negotating for me, but unfortunately I don't think they were particularly on my side.

Because I was so stressed and in such a state and things had dragged on too long, I agreed a 6 month tax free payment (although in hindsight I don't think the Union were giving me much choice to decline it had I been in a state to) but do really regret it now. As it happens the Headteacher whom I had raised the grievance about has now been suspended (as a result of an Ofsted inspection - nothing to do with me).

I really wish I had just hung on a bit longer, but as it happens I didn't and now there is nothing I can do. I am bound over by terms and conditions.

You need to get independent advice and don't accept anything in haste.