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Benefits And Benefits Of Packages For Employees

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Severance packages were designed for employees who lost his/ her job through no fault of their own to get him/ her through the unemployment period and to compensate the employee for everything he/she has contributed to during his/her employment with the company (Lunden and Moore, 1965). However, many companies offer severance packages for varies reasons not just because the company is shutting down or the employee is being laid off because of the financial situation of the company; companies also consider giving employees that are being fired for poor performance a severance package depending on the situation. The Daily Register policy on severance pay varies from case to case where one employee may receive severance pay, while another …show more content…

However, the one aspect that makes Jeanette’s case unique is that she has threated to sue The Daily Register if she is terminated. In the case, the company does not know what evidence or proof she has to support her lawsuit case, so the company must proceed with caution during the termination process, in order to keep the meeting professional and as pleasant as possible. In Jeanette’s case, I would not offer her a severance package or benefits even though she is threatening to sue the company. The company is not required to provide severance pay unless the company has made it very clear, in writing of the employee contract, that the company will grant a severance package and most employees do not understand that companies are not obligated to offer severance packages (Stark, 1994). The company has just cause to fire Jeanette and has records of her disciplinary action reports, so they have solid proof that she was not performing to meet the standards of her job description and the company’s policy states that severance will be handled on a case to case basis. Therefore, Jeanette was given plenty of warning that she was not completing her job on a satisfactory level and all those efforts were documented accurately. In the end, she cost the company money by not meeting her sales goals, so why should the company pay her a severance package when she was not meeting all her specific job

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