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Labor/Employment

Jun. 28, 2014

EEOC now taking aggressive position on severance agreements

Employers may want to review their agreements in light of the EEOC's current enforcement activity. By Karen Reinhold


By Karen Reinhold


Many employers have a standard severance agreement that is routinely used with minor modification when terminating an employee either as part of a reduction in force or for performance reasons. Obviously, the major benefit to the employer of a severance agreement is elimination of the risk of legal claims in exchange for a reasonable amount of consideration paid to the employee. If an employer believes the severance agreement does not eliminate ...

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