http://www.charlesakrugel.com/business-management/prospective-client-inquires-about-severance-separation-agreements.html Labor & Employment Law, Human Resources Law Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:07:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.charlesakrugel.com/business-management/prospective-client-inquires-about-severance-separation-agreements.html#comment-8 Michael Moore Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:27:46 +0000 http://www.charlesakrugel.com/business-management/prospective-client-inquires-about-severance-separation-agreements.html#comment-8 Your comment about "precedent" is right on point for a number of reasons. First, even if your separation agreement includes a confidentiality clause, the information always seems to find its way to the employee grapevine and creates an expectation for future departing employees. Second, sometimes the terminated employee is surprised by being offered severance in return for signing a release. Some of these employees get the impression that the employer has something to hid and that's why the agreeement is being offered. Overall, employers should spend more time thinking about the communication with the departing employee to manage the "perceptions". Your comment about “precedent” is right on point for a number of reasons. First, even if your separation agreement includes a confidentiality clause, the information always seems to find its way to the employee grapevine and creates an expectation for future departing employees. Second, sometimes the terminated employee is surprised by being offered severance in return for signing a release. Some of these employees get the impression that the employer has something to hid and that’s why the agreeement is being offered. Overall, employers should spend more time thinking about the communication with the departing employee to manage the “perceptions”.

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