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Contractual claims

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A contractual claim asks the Authority to decide what an employment agreement means or requires, without a personal grievance: for example whether a bonus, commission, allowance, notice payment or redundancy compensation is owed under its terms. The Authority reads the agreement objectively, for what it would convey to a reasonable person with the background knowledge the parties had, rather than for what one party privately intended. Where money is found to be owed it can be ordered paid; otherwise the Authority may declare what the agreement requires.

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