How do I challenge a severance package?
December 19, 2010 1:12 PM Subscribe
I'm being laid off in the new year. I have the option to challenge the severance package. How do I challenge it successfully?
I live in Canada and unfortunately I found out that I won't have a job in January. Work went over and above the rules for the province in laying me off. The severance equates to about two weeks of pay for ever year I worked there, which is seven years.
I have never been laid off before. I have the option to challenge it, but I don't know how. I had a niche job and I was paid about right according to salary surveys. What can, or should, I do?
I live in Canada and unfortunately I found out that I won't have a job in January. Work went over and above the rules for the province in laying me off. The severance equates to about two weeks of pay for ever year I worked there, which is seven years.
I have never been laid off before. I have the option to challenge it, but I don't know how. I had a niche job and I was paid about right according to salary surveys. What can, or should, I do?
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Find a lawyer. Find out the cost for the lawyer and the size of the severance challenge. It might be worth it.
posted by Ironmouth at 1:21 PM on December 19, 2010
posted by Ironmouth at 1:21 PM on December 19, 2010
What does "work went over and above the rules for the province in laying me off" mean?
posted by J. Wilson at 1:28 PM on December 19, 2010
posted by J. Wilson at 1:28 PM on December 19, 2010
Yeah, usually "went over and above the rules" implies a good thing.
posted by rhizome at 1:36 PM on December 19, 2010
posted by rhizome at 1:36 PM on December 19, 2010
I have the option to challenge the severance package.
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I have never been laid off before. I have the option to challenge it...
Wait, do you have the right to challenge the layoff or the severance package? These are two very different things. You should probably contact a mod to clear this up.
posted by griphus at 1:38 PM on December 19, 2010
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I have never been laid off before. I have the option to challenge it...
Wait, do you have the right to challenge the layoff or the severance package? These are two very different things. You should probably contact a mod to clear this up.
posted by griphus at 1:38 PM on December 19, 2010
Two weeks for every year is the generally accepted standard in the US too. So if you got a fair severance package and the company is otherwise treating you fairly I'm not sure what are challenging? 14 weeks of severance seems like a gift. I got nothing when I was laid off at the end of November.
posted by COD at 1:46 PM on December 19, 2010
posted by COD at 1:46 PM on December 19, 2010
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posted by Inspector.Gadget at 1:14 PM on December 19, 2010