Letter to Employee Enclosing Settlement Agreement Which Was Headed Without Prejudice Amounted to a Dismissal Letter for the Purposes of Calculating Effective Date of Termination – Meaker v Cyxtera Technology UK Ltd [2023] EAT 17

Letter to Employee Enclosing Settlement Agreement Which Was Headed Without Prejudice Amounted to a Dismissal Letter for the Purposes of Calculating Effective Date of Termination – Meaker v Cyxtera Technology UK Ltd [2023] EAT 17

In Meaker v Cyxtera Technology UK Ltd [2023] EAT 17, the EAT held that a tribunal had been entitled to find that a letter had been sufficiently clear and unambiguous to dismiss an employee, that the employee’s unfair dismissal claim had been presented out of...
Why do Businesses give employees Settlement Agreements?

Why do Businesses give employees Settlement Agreements?

Sometimes businesses need to get rid of staff. The law says that after two years of working somewhere, an employee can only be dismissed for a fair reason. To avoid any claims, your business needs a settlement agreement. Here’s what you need to know about settlement...