Quote: jockabull "Don't see why it wouldn't. Employer is terminating his contract prematurely, would have thought that fits the bill for redundancy/compromise agreement? I'm not an HR bod, normally only see this from the payroll side, so could be wrong.'"
I'm not an HR bod either, but I did go through a redundancy with Corus. Essentially, you cannot make a person redundant - it is the role that goes.
Therefore, we would be saying that there is no longer a requirement at the club for a 5th choice centre (or whatever). All people whom that might effect (Platt, Sykes, Whitehead, Lulia, Purtell etc. etc.) would then have to go through the same redundancy procedure before it's decided who is to leave.
I'm not being facetious here - I found the thought of this procedure quite amusing when applied to sportsmen. The interviews would have made great viewing (so Paul, what do you think you bring to the team?).
I'm sure you would be spot on with a compromise agreement, as with Glenn Hall.