Guides & Insights
Settlement agreements and executive exits in plain English — twenty honest guides.
My Employer Just Handed Me a Settlement Agreement
The first hour: what the document is, what not to do today, and the calm sequence that protects everything.
Before You SignHow Long Do I Have to Decide?
The deadline, honestly: real but softer than presented - and how extensions for advice actually work.
Before You SignCan I Negotiate, or Will the Offer Vanish?
The fear that keeps people silent, examined against how employers actually behave.
Before You SignWhat Am I Actually Giving Up?
The waiver, honestly: what the schedule reaches, what survives, and what should be carved out.
Before You SignThe Employer Pays Your Solicitor - Explained
The contribution custom: why it exists, what it covers, and what to do when the clause is missing.
Negotiation & ValueWhat Is My Settlement Agreement Worth?
The valuation framework: floor vs layer, the claims being waived, and the comparison that decides.
Negotiation & ValueThe Reference Is Worth More Than You Think
The most undervalued term on the page - and the ask that converts a promise into a schedule.
Negotiation & ValueNew Restrictive Covenants in Your Exit Agreement
Restraints smuggled into the goodbye: why fresh covenants are consideration, not boilerplate.
Negotiation & ValueHoliday Pay, Notice & the Forgotten Entitlements
The audit that finds money already owed dressed up as generosity.
Negotiation & ValueTiming Your Termination Date
The cleanest lever in exit negotiation - vesting cliffs, bonus years, and why the date matters.
Executive ExitsThe Six-Figure Exit Playbook
The senior exit end to end: signals, levers, discretion, and the negotiation before the certificate.
Executive ExitsBonus & Commission on the Way Out
The earned-vs-discretionary battle: what’s a debt, what’s a hope, and how the documents decide.
Executive ExitsGarden Leave, Explained
Paid to stay home: what garden leave does, whom it serves, and the terms that matter inside it.
Executive ExitsBoard Resignations & the Announcement
The clean corporate exit: resignations, minutes, filings and the narrative, handled together.
Executive ExitsWhen to Lawyer Up - Quietly
The signals that mean the conversation should start now, and how discretion actually works.
Process & Protection“Without Prejudice” - What It Really Means
The phrase decoded: what the protection covers, what it doesn’t, and why it serves you too.
Process & ProtectionThe Exit Meeting: What to Say and Not Say
The script for the room: listen, ask, commit to nothing, and close with process.
Process & ProtectionSettlement vs WRC Claim: The Honest Comparison
Two roads from the same dispute - speed, certainty, cost and toll, compared without romance.
Process & ProtectionWhistleblowing & Your Settlement Agreement
Where protected disclosures meet exit agreements - and the clauses that cannot gag them.
Process & ProtectionAfter Signing: What Happens Next
Payments, references, the announcement, your filings - the checklist for the weeks after signature.