Sometimes resignation comes with a one - sided severance agreement, which is a release of
all potential claims against your employer in exchange for some monetary compensation.
Not exact matches
Such factors include the length of employment of the employee, whether the employee is a salaried or an hourly worker, and the
potential value of any of the employee's
potential legal
claims against the
employer.
The employee usually agrees not to pursue any
potential legal
claims against the
employer such as wrongful discharge, discrimination, or disputed wages.
You should therefore seek advice as soon as possible once you have been dismissed as otherwise a
potential claim may be out of time and you would be prevented from taking a case
against your former
employer.
If it becomes clear that the employee has acted outside the scope of employment, the
employer is unlikely to continue to provide support unless it would be in its interests to do so because, for example, there is a
potential for related civil
claims to be made
against the
employer.
In the UK, the Equality Act 2010 would apply, with the
potential for sex harassment
claims being submitted
against both Mr Damore and his
employer, by employees who were offended by the memo.
«The records are essentially people's national insurance records, which identify their
employer and allow them to open up
potential insurance
claims against their
employer for previous histories.
For example, employment cases will reveal data on success rates, pay - outs, tendencies to
claim against certain companies, or
employers in certain locations and, in effect, any other
potential data or cross-reference that can be gleaned from the cases that pass through the system.
Employers have to be especially careful when making adverse employment decisions, such as firing or demoting, because such decisions could open the door for
potential retaliation
claims against the
employer if the subject employee is a member of a «protected class.»
On the point about the availability of a victimisation
claim against the
potential employers, the court said (at para 92) that such actions could be difficult in practice and it was doubtful that Parliament intended the victimisation action to weaken the remedies that the employee should have
against the original
employer.