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ARTICLE · 03 MARCH 2017

Tips On Full And Final Settlement Clauses

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In two recent cases, the Employment Appeals Tribunal ("EAT") highlighted the importance of informed consent in the context of employees signing full and final settlement waivers.

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In two recent cases, the Employment Appeals Tribunal ("EAT") highlighted the importance of informed consent in the context of employees signing full and final settlement waivers. 

In recent EAT cases involving separate claims taken by two employees against the same employer, a chemical and laboratory equipment supplier ("the employer"), issues were raised by the employer at the outset of the proceedings that the EAT had no jurisdiction to hear the claims brought against it under the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007 ("the Acts"). This was on the basis that the employees had signed severance agreements, containing full and final settlement clauses, which excluded claims under the Acts.

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