Personnel Today article by David Malamatenios: Why “protected conversations” are not always protected – Colman Coyle

Howard ColmanManaging Partner, Colman Coyle

The idea of “protected conversations” is to allow employers to enter into off-the-record conversations with a view to agreeing the exit of an employee. There are exceptions to the rules surrounding protected conversations though, warns employment partner David Malamatenios in his article  ‘Why “protected conversations” are not always protected’  featured in Employers Law and Personnel Today, December 2014.

The issues discussed in a protected conversation are not supposed to be admissible in an employment tribunal hearing. But can employers always rely on this? There are circumstances in which the existing “without prejudice rule” can be a better option.

Read the full article on Personnel Today:

‘Why “protected conversations” are not always protected’


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