Labor & Employment Law

Response to Readers Questions Regarding Severance & Separation Agreements
Ritu Anand of GE India sent me the below questions concerning my October 28, 2007, post concerning severance and separation agreements. Hi Charles , Thanks for throwing light on this subject ! However, I have a few doubts and would appreciate if You could help resolve them: 1...

Is Severance Pay Deducted from Unemployment Benefits in Maryland
The answer: it depends. Here is a direct quote from the DLLR Employer's Quick Reference Guide (see page 19):The receipt of severance payments will not be deducted from . . . benefits if the individual?s job has been abolished through layoff, facility closure, etc...

Interesting Comment: Response to Readers Questions Regarding Severance & Separation Agreements
Sometimes a reader’s comment is so on target that it’s worth its own post. Fellow attorney Michael Moore of Russell, Krafft & Gruber, LLP, in Lancaster, PA, sent me the following comment concerning my December 2, 2007, post “Response to Reader’s Questions Regarding Severance & Separation Agreements...

Stigma Watch: Could Cravath Be Next For Layoffs Will They Pioneer Pay Cuts
Last week I suggested that the potent stigma preventing layoffs at top-shelf firms was melting away. Thinking about the Latham & Watkins layoffs, I wrote: Latham is so large and reputable, and these layoffs so public, that a good number...

Negotiating Severance Agreements: What Advice is Being Given to Employees
In this job environment, companies are tending to use severance agreements as a way to limit their exposure to lawsuits down the road, and part ways with employees on as amicable a basis as possible...

Clifford Chance Cuts 20 Litigation Associates
This just in from Clifford Chance: Today, according to a statement, the firm told 20 associates in the firm’s U.S. Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice, located in New York and D...

Income Tax Changes for 2007
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Fire Chief Whistleblower
City of DuPont agrees to $72,000 resignation and severance settlement.

Utica, NY
$250,000 settlement reached in employment severance suit.