Keeping you up to date on executive compensation matters. In this podcast series, the Freshfields People & Reward team discusses key topics in the executive reward space for publicly listed and private companies in 2025, including transatlantic considerations, ways to structure executive incentives and the developing trend for democratising equity arrangements. In the fifth episode of this series, Employee Claims, partner David Mendel is joined by Harriet Gaillard, counsel in the London People & Reward team, to discuss the various legal claims that can be brought by employees and former employees under share plan and bonus arrangements. The episode discusses breach of contract, exercise of discretion, discrimination, unfair dismissal, TUPE transfers and restrictive covenants.