EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
Severance Negotiation
The New York City employment lawyers at Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP have represented individuals from high-level executives to back office employees in severance negotiation. We recognize that leaving a job involuntarily can be stressful and confusing. We assist our clients in navigating this difficult time by negotiating a package with more favorable terms, whenever possible. Remember that if you are terminated, it is likely your employer may a provide severance agreement drafted by their lawyers. This agreement may include terms that could restrict your ability to work in the future or fail to compensate you for monies owed. Often an employer will only provide a short period of time for you to decide whether to sign and return the agreement. Therefore, if you are offered a severance package, it should be reviewed by an attorney as soon as possible.
- If you are offered severance pay, it is crucial that an attorney review the agreement, together with all other documents concerning your employment such as correspondence between you and your employer, handbooks and benefits plans. This is because by signing the severance agreement, you release all possible claims for future lawsuits against the company, including but not limited to claims for discrimination and unpaid wages.
- Our firm can review your severance package and the circumstances of your departure to determine if you have a basis to sue the company or demand additional severance pay.
- Fitapelli & Schaffer, LLP has been successful in negotiating additional compensation, payment for unused vacation and sick days, extensions of health insurance, unemployment benefits, positive letters of reference and outplacement services.
