compromise agreement

compromise agreement
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compromise agreement
1) An agreement, usually in return for a fixed sum of money, with an employee that specifies that they will not bring a claim against their employer.
2) An agreement that records the terms and the payments to be made, in return for a waiver of claims. In employment law the term is used to refer to agreements satisfying the statutory requirements (for example, section 203 of ERA 1996) that are necessary to effectively waive certain employment rights. See also severance agreement.
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