Compromise Agreement Info

Hi, I have recently accepted a Compromise agreement from my employer with regard to a situation which had developed with my Line Manager treating me in a wholly unacceptable manner. This has resulted in me leaving my Management position after 4 successful years. In the agreement they have indicated that they will give me a reference (of which a copy was attached) which was very basic...

My question is, what reason should I give to a potential employer for my reason for leaving? What should I put on my CV? Made redundant? Dismissed? Or state that a Compromise agreement was reached and accepted? The terms or my agreement are very strict with regard to what I can and not say (Basically I cannot say anything about it) and I am loathe to bring it up at an interview however would a potential employer look upon someone accepting a compromise agreement less favourably? Would I be marked as a potential “trouble maker”....
Any advise would be greatly appreciated..

Don't tell prospective employers. If your previous employer has agreed to give a neutral reference you are fine, they are not going to tell anyone. I expect one of the terms of the agreement was keeping it confidential anyway, and it's really not relevant to future employment that you left previous employment with a compromise agreement. It's not as if you were dismissed and are withholding that fact.

You can make up something in terms of why you left your previous employment, lots of people do, career development or something. But I wouldn't expect to see reasons for leaving previous jobs on a cv anyway, that's more likely to be something discussed at interview.

Thanks for the info, however I had a 2nd interview yesterday for a position and one of the guys was just not buying the reason for me leaving (I stated that they were changing my shifts and that I had taken redundancy), he kept asking about references, which I said would be provided by the HR department at my previous employer but then he kept asking for a number to contact my ex Line Manager on (The one which I had an issue with in the first place) just to confirm the reason for leaving and to speak to him regarding my performance... I ended up giving it to him hoping that it was a bluff...

Could be a bluff. I think really the best option would be to check over the agreement again with a fine toothcomb to see what if anything it says about keeping the agreement confidential. If your ex-line manager gives you a bad reference there may be things you can do, both in terms of the compromise agreement having been breached and in terms of loss incurred from potentially a misleading impression having been given to new potential employers.

As the compromise agreement includes an agreed reference, your ex-line manager should not go outside what is said in it, and should refer all queries to the HR team if that's what's been agreed.