COT3 Settlement Agreement

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What should a disabled employee specifically look for in a settlement agreement? 

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Settlement Agreements (SA)

• All monies due up to the "Settlement Date" including salary, overtime, pay in lieu of owed holidays/perks (non-negotiable.)
  
  
• Compensation for loss of employment (negotiable)
  
  
• All costs, such as the solicitor and travel to/from same (non-negotiable.)
  
  
• A official letter of reference signed by an appropriate company officer and on headed paper drafted by the employee (non-negotiable.)
  
  
• A gagging clause that is equal to both parties such that it can be admitted that there is an SA but its terms are confidential. (non-negotiable.)
  
  
• All usual standard terms of an SA such as "full and final settlement."
  

Seeing a solicitor is compulsory but they must be skilled and experienced in this specific field !

If an employer has been so inappropriate as to have caused an SA to be offered then expect them to be incompetent and inappropriate during negotiations.
I have had calls at home bypassing the solicitor so the company owner could scream at me and call me an extortionist !

If an SA is even suggested by an employer;

• Stop talking immediately and put it in the hands of a good solicitor.
• Do not listen to any suggestions from the employer. Especially if it is that "they have used XYZ Solicitors in the past."
  
• Ignore any document given to you by the employer. Your solicitor will do the drafting.
• It is not compulsory. Ask your solicitor if the offered terms are better than a Tribunal is likely to offer.