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This is fairly common. Most severance payments are settlements, of which the first offer is made by the company. Employees can refuse the settlement, then sue
by ABCLAW 8y ago
This is fairly common. Most severance payments are settlements, of which the first offer is made by the company.
Employees can refuse the settlement, then sue their former employer under various wrongful dismissal/common law severance heads, but that requires getting a lawyer, and lawyers are generally more expensive than the few extra months of wages you'll get back. The cost of getting justice is used to scalp workers for a month or two of earnings all the time.
... Unless you were sexually assaulted and offered peanuts, or recorded your immediate supervisor threatening you with physical harm or something. Then lawyering up pays off.
- fisherjeff 8y agoI’m hoping that’s the misunderstanding: Severance != last paycheck.
- pasbesoin 8y agoWhen/as more and more employees are paid to / held to a standard that keeps them a paycheck or two from insolvency, these mandated non-disclosure/-disparagement/-right-to-sue agreement, in return for severance pay/benefits, have taken on increasing pressure and importance. People in "the tech world" may not experience nor realize the immediate existential threat many people live under, with a job loss. These become another way in which "corporate America" is essentially stifling free speech and individuals' rights. Corporations lobbied heavily to be able to spend unlimited amounts in political campaigns. But, they won't let their workers say a word -- not even about their own direct life experiences.