All Employment Law Articles about Severance pay

Negotiating Severance Agreements
Parties bargaining to reach a mutually acceptable outcome must, as with any negotiation: Have a shared desire to resolve the dispute; Identify the interests at stake; Invent options for mutual gain; S...
posted by Neil Klingshirn  |  Jul 14, 2009 5:43 PM [EST] in Severance pay  |  applies to All States

How to Value Claims for Severance Negotiations
This article describes a process for employment lawyers to use to place a value on a severance pay offer. It involves identifying claims, identifying the damages associated with those claims, discount...
posted by Neil Klingshirn  |  Jul 14, 2009 5:41 PM [EST] in Severance pay  |  applies to All States

Closing the Severance Pay Negotiation with Non-economic Terms
The amount of severance that an employer is willing to pay an employee, though usually the single most important item addressed in severance negotiations, is only one severance issue. Additional issue...
posted by Neil Klingshirn  |  Jul 14, 2009 5:36 PM [EST] in Severance pay  |  applies to All States

Severance Package
A severance package describes the pay and benefits an employee receives when involuntarily separated from a company. Severance packages are voluntary in the United States, so employers do not have a l...
posted by Neil Klingshirn  |  Jul 7, 2008 08:25 AM [EST] in Severance pay  |  applies to All States