This area covers how an employee leaves a job, including negotiations over severance, settlement agreements, garden leave, notice periods, references, and how to handle post-employment restrictive covenants. It also includes processes around voluntary exit, redundancies, and the protections and obligations that apply when exiting an arrangement with an employer. A solicitor in this field helps you understand rights and risks, draft or review settlement terms, and ensure any exit is clear, enforceable, and properly documented.
Where a solicitor protects your position
Exit from employment often involves decisive steps: paying or waiving claims through a settlement, agreeing references, and managing restrictive covenants that could affect future work. A solicitor provides protection through careful drafting of settlement terms, ensuring deadlines, payments, and releases are accurate, compliant with employment law, and properly secured in a legally sound agreement.
