Workplace Report (April 2001)

Features: Law at Work

Signing away rights

The House of Lords has confirmed that employees cannot be taken to have signed away rights, in "full and final settlement", where they were unaware and could not have been aware of the existence of the rights.

(BCCI v Ali, House of Lords, 1 March 2001)

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