All Questions and Answers about Severance pay
How long does a discharged employee have to accept a severance pay offer?
Employee is over 40. We allowed 21 days from discharge Nov 2 2009. Another month will have passed without a response to accept, reject, or counteroffer as of Dec 23. We did not write in an "end date" ...
1 answer | asked Dec 16, 2009 12:27 PM [EST] | applies to Illinois
I was denied unemployment because of my lump sem severance package
I was laid of in February from my full time job because of lack of work, My severance was based on my pay and the number of years that I worked for the Company, the Company did not fight, but Ohio une...
1 answer | asked Oct 19, 2009 06:19 AM [EST] | applies to Ohio
Temporary job - can it affect my possible severance pay?
I got laid-off in April '09 and was told I could be called back in the Fall. If I'm not called back I will be terminated on Jan 1 2010. I haven't been recalled and most likely won't be. Since then, I'...
1 answer | asked Oct 7, 2009 8:32 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Serverance - calculation of eligible weeks
I have recently been given a severance deal, the company is stating I am only qualified for 12 weeks of seperation due to my rehire in 2002. In June I celebrated my 25th year. They are claiming when I...
1 answer | asked Sep 21, 2009 12:02 PM [EST] | applies to New York
can my employer force me to interview for new company?
I work for a hospital in NJ in mental health care. The hospital lost their state contract to a community agency after an RFP process. The hospital is only awarding severance to those employees who hav...
1 answer | asked Aug 19, 2009 5:58 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Who notifies my previous employer that I've secured a new job so that severance payments are stopped
I am receiving severance payments. My agreement is that the payments to me are only until I find other employment. Other than me personally telling my prior employer that I've found a new job, how els...
1 answer | asked Aug 18, 2009 10:29 PM [EST] | applies to Arizona
Can I negotiate a severance package if I am being forced to report to a manager who made slanderous statements about me during my leave of absence?
While I was on my leave of absence for a medical disability, my manager told my colleagues she was "suspicious" of my leave of absence since I seemed fine to her and that she felt it was due to stress...
3 answers | asked Aug 5, 2009 4:19 PM [EST] | applies to California
Severance pay for some, but not all - Fair or Unfair?
I was recently laid off after nearly 8 years with my former company. I did not receive any severance pay, and I understand that it is not a right to receive it. I am concerned, however, that other emp...
1 answer | asked Aug 3, 2009 10:03 AM [EST] | applies to Arizona
Can my employer pay severance to my coworker but not to me?
My coworker received a severance pay when he was laid off a month ago. I was laid off last week and received none. I have been working longer than him. Can my employer choose to whom they give severan...
1 answer | asked Jul 24, 2009 5:51 PM [EST] | applies to Rhode Island
company defaulted on severance agreement
I have a signed notarized severance agreement with my past employer for 11 weeks pay at my regular hourly rate - benefits & taxes will be taken out as usual and I will be covered by health & dental un...
1 answer | asked Jun 9, 2009 3:28 PM [EST] | applies to Florida