Government amends 'unenforceable' Equality Act compromise agreement provisions

A resolution to the potential problems regarding compromise agreements, that it has been argued would have led to the agreements being "unenforceable", will come into force on 6th April 2012.

Those with an interest in viewing the full wording of the relevant amendment to the Equality Act, can click here, to be taken to the Amendment Order on the government website, legislation.gov.uk. To view the relevant Section of the Equality Act, Section 147, click here.

The Government has published an amendment to legislation on compromise agreements under the Equality Act 2010, after employment lawyers said that the wording of it made compromise contracts "unenforceable".

Click here to read the full article on Personnel Today.

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