Severance Lawyers in Pennsylvania Who Review and Negotiate Severance Agreements

Do You Have an Employment Agreement Providing for Severance Pay?

Or, is There a Consistently Applied Practice?

Or, Perhaps a Written Company Policy?

Employees are not guaranteed severance under state or federal laws

There is no state or federal law that requires an employer to pay Severance to an employee. Rather, any 

severance obligations owed by the employer are created by the employer’s own policies and/or a contract with an employee.

This means that, generally, an employer is not required to pay an employee Severance unless there is a written company policy in place providing for Severance payments to departed employees and/or unless the employer has promised to pay Severance to the employee in accordance with an Employment Agreement or Separation Agreement. A company practice of paying severance, if ignored where an employee is concerned, can be grounds for a discrimination claim and at the very least provides a sound basis for negotiation!

If the employer has agreed to pay Severance to an employee and fails to do so, this would constitute a Breach of Contract. A failure to honor a promise to pay an employee Severance is actionable under the Wage Payment and Collection Law. This powerful, pro-employee statute. 

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Finally, sometimes an employer will offer a departing employee Severance even where there is no company policy in place, and even where prior to the employment termination there was no contract between the employer and employee whereby the employer promised Severance to the employee. Often, employers offer such Severance in order to obtain a Release from the employee prohibiting a future lawsuit. You should seek counsel if your employer offers you Severance upon the termination of your employment.

Although the law is not abundantly clear on this point, our firm takes the position that Severance payments do not count as wages, and therefore do not preclude or in any way inhibit an employee's right to Unemployment Compensation.

Philadelphia Area Employment Attorneys Representing Employees

We are employment lawyers who represents employees in Pennsylvania. 

We typically represent employees who need an employment lawyer in Philadelphia County, Chester County, Delaware County, Bucks County, Berks County, Lancaster County and Montgomery County.

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