Compromise Agreement

[TiredBoo]

Hello, I posted a little while ago letting off steam about how miserable I was about my boss' sexist comments towards me. On the back of this, I registered a grievance against my employer, had the grievance refuted after investigation. All of this was done with a good solicitor in the background. My employer, having not upheld the grievance, but of course giving me the opportunity to appeal, made it clear that a compromise agreement was on the table. I have agreed to this now, and after some shilly shallying, have accepted a settlement and agreed exit strategy from a comms perspective. I just wanted to say what a relief this is, it took some nerve to even launch into the grievance, and then the compromise agreement. A totally rubbish situation has kind of sorted itself out and I seem to have a great deal of time on my hands to look for a job/take care of my toddler. Also, curious, as I couldn't find a lot to go on (and trusted my solicitor), what the current 'standard' is for compromise settlements when there's a potential sex discrimination/constructive dismissal case knocking around? How many months is the norm, inc notice period? Thanks for reading

[seeyoukay]

There is no "standard" for comp agreements. Some are relativity tiny some are huge.

[hairytriangle]

I've only ever had anything to do with two cases like this:

Case One (incompetence)
payment of the notice period, but with no requirement to work the notice (which was three months) and

Case Two (incompetence challenged as racial dicrimination)
finish work straight away, but get paid three months salary (even though notice period was one month).

In both cases, the person had to sign an agreement that this was their informed choice, they had taken legal advice and they would not have recourse to further settlement or court action at any point in the future.