| Employee Termination Letter | | | | as non-compete and non-solicitation clauses. If |
| Please note that the information provided herein is | | | | the employment relationship was already |
| not legal advice and is provided for informational | | | | governed by a written agreement which |
| and educational purposes only. If you are an | | | | contained such clauses (such as the Employment |
| employer or employee and need legal advice with | | | | Agreement that can be found here), it's still a |
| respect to employee termination, you should | | | | good practice to have the Employee |
| seek professional assistance (e.g. make a post on | | | | re-acknowledge these terms upon termination. |
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| contact me directly if you need a lawyer. | | | | - Introductory clause |
| This is the first of a series of article posts I'm | | | | - Background information |
| writing about employee termination. In this | | | | - payment by employment to Employee |
| article, I'll briefly discuss what is an Employee | | | | - Release of Claims by Employee |
| Termination Agreement and how it can be | | | | - No Claims to be made by Employee |
| structured. In the next article, I'll discuss some | | | | - No Assignment of Claims by Employee |
| important elements of this Agreement. | | | | - No Assistance by Employee |
| What is an Employee Termination Letter? | | | | - No Admission of liability by Employer |
| An Employee Termination Agreement allows an | | | | - Non-Compete, Non-Solicitation, |
| Employer to terminate an individual's | | | | Non-Disparagement |
| employment. It's simply not a good idea for an | | | | - Restrictions Reasonable |
| Employer to end that relationship by saying to an | | | | - Injunctive Relief |
| Employee: "you're being let go and we'll send you | | | | - General Terms |
| your final pay check in the mail". This could lead | | | | By the way, if you need an Employment |
| to costly and time-consuming litigation claims | | | | Agreement or Employee Termination Agreement, |
| related to things like whether the termination pay | | | | you've come to the right place. We have both! |
| was adequate, whether the method of | | | | The Employee Termination Agreement can be |
| termination was heavy-handed, or whether the | | | | used by an Employer to terminate an Employee's |
| Employee is able to compete against the former | | | | employment. It is drafted in favour of the |
| Employer. To help prevent these and other | | | | Employer: it contains a release of liability, |
| types of disputes from arising, an Employer | | | | settlement of claims relating to the employment |
| should have an Employee Termination | | | | and termination thereof, and includes restrictive |
| Agreement. It serves two main purposes for an | | | | covenants (e.g. non compete and non solicitation |
| Employer. First, it allows the Employer to settle | | | | clauses). If you're looking for an employment |
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| Employee concerning the employment and | | | | and they come with video tutorials and 2 free |
| termination thereof in exchange for payment. | | | | written guides (the form and the written guides |
| Second, it allows the Employer to require the | | | | are lawyer-prepared). |
| Employee to agree to restrictive covenants such | | | | |