4 ms·If you're fired with cause, no severance, else, severance. It is quite common knowledge.by dgfitz 2y agoIf you're fired with cause, no severance, else, severance. It is quite common knowledge.xnx 2y agoThis may be convention, but it is not law. No federal or state law requires severance pay in the US.dgfitz 2y agoI didn't say it was law.