recieved less severance as a manager than a supervisor with a difference in 3 years service
I was given a seperation agreement to sign after my position was eliminated and provided 12 weeks of severance, when another supervisor recieved 8-month severance. I ask to be provided with the severance plan/policy used to determine severance packageand was told there was none? The corporation in question is Comcast.
1 answer | asked Nov 5, 2009 12:10 AM [EST] in Severance pay | applies to GeorgiaAnswers (1)
Generally, final severance packages can vary between employees classified within the same employment class. This is because many people fail to realize that severance packages are often negotiable, meaning employees can request different terms than those initially offered by the employer. Negotiating factors such as extended health benefits, stock options and compensation, can make for varied packages amongst a group of similarly situated employees. The supervisor with fewer years of service may have been offered a similar agreement and negotiated for a more extensive compensation package.
In addition, there are no laws governing severance pay and they are largely seen as a matter of private agreement between the employee and the employer. There may be a cause of legal action in situations where there is a clear pattern of age, race or sex discrimination when it comes to awarding severance packages. This would require a showing that there is a clear pattern of less favorable severance packages being offered to a particular group of people because of their race, gender, disability, national origin or religion.
posted by Ronda Higgins Thornton | Nov 6, 2009 02:40 AM [EST]
In addition, there are no laws governing severance pay and they are largely seen as a matter of private agreement between the employee and the employer. There may be a cause of legal action in situations where there is a clear pattern of age, race or sex discrimination when it comes to awarding severance packages. This would require a showing that there is a clear pattern of less favorable severance packages being offered to a particular group of people because of their race, gender, disability, national origin or religion.
posted by Ronda Higgins Thornton | Nov 6, 2009 02:40 AM [EST]
