Is there a time frame?

1 answer | asked Feb 18, 2010 06:22 AM [EST] | applies to Georgia

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Brad Dozier

There is no obligation under Georgia law for an employer to pay a departing employee severance pay. That's a function of what the employee can negotiate. So outside of a specific contract specifying a time for payment, there is no time frame set by Georgia law.

posted by Brad Dozier | Feb 18, 2010 07:54 AM [EST]

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