Specialist employment law firm, Bloomsbury Square Employment Law has expanded its team with the addition of Employment Law Expert Liz Spooner as Partner
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The word ex gratia comes from Latin meaning by favour. Often employers will dress up their offer of an ex gratia payment to say that it is within their gift and suggest that they are being generous. Whilst it is accurate that there is a discretion on the part of the employer, the ex gratia offer is not usually about doing you a favour.
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Whilst the majority of workers would be keen to whistleblow if they saw wrongdoing, over half (51%) of the UK’s workforce would not feel safe disclosing to their employer if they believed the company was breaking the law.
More than half of employees (51%) would not feel safe reporting that their company was breaking the law, research by Bloomsbury Square Employment Law found in October. Of these, 45% cited fear of losing their job as the reason.
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Settlement agreements are usually offered by an employer as a means of settling a dispute or to offer favourable financial terms to an employee to leave employment. In assessing whether a settlement agreement is the right decision for you, it is necessary to consider the alternatives.
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