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Lump sum or weeks of pay, when it lands, whether accrued PTO and bonuses are addressed, and whether health coverage continues.
How long you have to sign, whether you get the 7 days to change your mind, and whether the timeline itself is legally short.
Whether it's a general release of all claims, whether it reaches into the future, and whether it touches things you can't legally waive.
Non-compete, non-solicit, non-disparagement, confidentiality, no-rehire, arbitration, and post-employment cooperation.
The protections that should be there and aren't — the age-discrimination notice, a mutual non-disparagement, a reference commitment.
Language about leave, disability, harassment or retaliation that suggests there's more going on than a routine layoff.
Why the deadline matters
Severance offers arrive with a signing deadline because a signature ends the conversation. If you're 40 or older, federal law generally gives you 21 days to consider a release of age claims — 45 in a group layoff — plus 7 days after signing to revoke. A shorter window in your document is not a courtesy problem; it can affect whether the release holds up at all.
Almost nothing in a severance agreement is truly final. Amounts, non-competes, references, and health coverage get changed regularly — but only for the people who ask before the deadline.
A free consultation, on the phone, today. Attorneys routinely get severance numbers raised and restrictions removed — but only before the deadline passes.
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The week-per-year benchmark, and what else belongs in the package.
Five things to read first, and when signing as-is is a mistake.
21 days, 45 days, and the 7 days to change your mind.
Ten clauses that change what the deal is actually worth.