I was offered 10 weeks after 4 years , Ontario, Canada.
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@rj do you offer free consultations, or will it cost people five hundred dollars to talk to you?
https://theemploymentlawboutique.ca/nancy-shapiro/
HR has a policy of 12 week max pay regardless of tenure. Atleast in US.
@es This
It goes
Europe
Canada
California (for special state legislature)
Every other state
APAC
Ohio, Texas, Utah we're cooked.
IMHO it depends on your state or country of residence and the local/state labor laws.
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Ex: California is an at-will state..Very few employees prevail in court. One former colleague spent 3 years and thousands on legal fees..only to receive the severance she initially was offered. However there recently has been 2 class action cases employees have prevailed both based on age discrimination.
That said my understanding is Canada has better labor laws that tend to favor employees so it depends on where you are.
The severance offers were be just enough to cover ESA minimums but not enough to match case law standards. That is what needs to be negotiated and people should lawyer up for. Although Claude does a good job with generating counter demand letters given these situations are fairly straightforward and commonplace from a legal complexity / precedent standpoint.
Employment lawyers will tell you there is no such thing as X tenure = Y payment. It should be based on a combination of age, job title, income, geography, and so on. The courts will take much more into account if you are willing to pursue.
Most people who have 8 years got 16 weeks I heard. So 10 for 4 years isn't bad really.
People say that, but how much of your time do you want to give over to following a legal chase? It may not go as you would expect. Instead, enjoy these next few weeks and then get back to pursuing your next job.
Get in touch with an employment lawyer, you can probably get at least double that.