All Questions and Answers about Severance pay
Company Restructure/Severance Pay
The company I work for has recently restructured and as a result, my position was eliminated. I have been offered a different position with no reduction in pay but a different role with more obligatio...
1 answer | asked May 30, 2009 1:03 PM [EST] | applies to California
Severance Pay Negotiation
My husband has worked for his company since 1989. 6 years ago he left the company and was rehired and reinstated for all benefits. When he returned, the company gave him a letter stating that his adju...
1 answer | asked May 4, 2009 09:57 AM [EST] | applies to Kansas
Sorting through benefits / options when
04/06/09 - Thank you for the forum this website offers! My father was let go from his 42-yr position as salaried employee at age of 61 last week! He is reading a litany of info provided by company re ...
1 answer | asked Apr 6, 2009 10:27 PM [EST] | applies to Pennsylvania
Threat to rescind a Severance Agreement
I was my position was eliminated and I was given a severance agreement 3/16. My employer the decided they were going to modify it, and took until 3/30 to get me a new agreement, which I signed that da...
1 answer | asked Apr 3, 2009 7:36 PM [EST] | applies to Arizona
severance/bankruptcy
I was laid off after 39 years, and was to receive a severance package for 20 weeks. After 6 weeks of receiving severance, I was called back 'temporarily' for up to six months and I'm still working aft...
1 answer | asked Mar 30, 2009 09:29 AM [EST] | applies to New York
Implicit severance policy changed without notice after 10+ years of no changes at all.
My company recently had a RIF. I was laid off after 9 years. The company has a 10+ year history of paying a severance of 2 weeks plus 2 weeks for each year of service to anyone in my position. They ha...
1 answer | asked Mar 16, 2009 9:30 PM [EST] | applies to Arizona
Job Elimination - Severance Pay
My company is moving my department to another state. They have gave us a severance benefit, which provides two weeks of severance pay for each completed year of service, up to a maximum of 26 weeks of...
1 answer | asked Feb 21, 2009 3:58 PM [EST] | applies to Kansas
Unpaid severence balance and broken agreement
I have a severence agreement for 4 weeks pay. In the agreement it is stipulated that I will be paid in 2-monthly payments of $2791.50 beginning January 1, 2009 and ending February 1, 2009. I received ...
1 answer | asked Feb 19, 2009 11:05 AM [EST] | applies to Florida
Acceptance and Delivery of Severance Package for the State of Arizona
I was terminated from employment on 12-31-2008 due to downsizing. I am due to receive a severance package. Is there a law in Arizona which dicates a specific time frame in which that benefit is requir...
1 answer | asked Jan 30, 2009 5:30 PM [EST] | applies to Arizona
Severance
I work for a large company and I've recently been provided with the option of taking a lesser paid position or severance. On 1/12/09 they made the offer via email, not a formal agreement. I followed u...
1 answer | asked Jan 23, 2009 8:09 PM [EST] | applies to Arizona