If we take the severance, do we still qualify for unemployment ?
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@a2 I'd be highly skeptical that a company who laid you off can prevent you from applying, and qualifying for unemployment insurance. Unemployment is controlled by the state you live in, not by your employer.
Often times you can't take them both at the same time, but that just means you have to wait until your severance runs out to take unemployment.
Call up your local unemployment office to confirm, But ChatGPT says language isn't enforceable, and it just boilerplate
Severance is a volunteer action by a company, not required by law. Thus unless you were fired with cause, you can file for it.
You should. Read over the clause in the severance for the unemployment section carefully. Some have been able to collect both whereas others had a hidden clause in there where if they took the severance they couldn't get unemployment. You won't know which severance package they gave you (the one with being able to collect both the severance and unemployment) or if you'd only be able to get the severance with no unemployment option until you get the severance offer. There's also a clause saying if you take the severance you can't sue the company or be apart of any lawsuit against the company.
When this was discovered that some were getting offered both the severance and unemployment whereas some where being forced to chose between just the severance OR unemployment it caused quite a bit of outrage - which honestly is justified. But you won't know which package you receive until you get the severance offer.