severance pay

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It accused Nexstar of pushing “to gut severance pay and insert onerous provisions into the union contract that limit workers’ ability to freely negotiate the terms of their own employment.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

Unionized workers at Diageo’s plant in Amherstburg in December ratified a closure agreement that provided enhanced severance pay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

The draft law reduces severance pay, allows payments in kind and restricts vacation usage, among other proposals that the General Confederation of Labor considers "regressive."

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

The email offered current federal employees the option of around eight months of severance pay, in exchange for an immediate resignation.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2025

I searched for his severance pay on my desk, wondering who the devil had hired him in the first place.

From With a Vengeance by Woodley, J. B.