Thread regarding ViaSat Inc. layoffs

For those laid off who are 40 or older.

You should google Older Workers Benefit Protection Act.

OWBPA includes

The employer must not use undue pressure to get the worker to sign a waiver of the individual’s rights;

The proposed waiver must be succinct, accurate, and reasonably understandable to an ordinary person;

Any release of claims must be in writing;

The waiver must explicitly state that the employee is releasing their claims under the ADEA;

The employer must encourage the employee to consult with an attorney before signing the agreement; and

The employer must give the employee up to 21 days to consider the severance offer (or 45 days if the termination is part of a layoff of more than one employee). Upon signing, the employee has seven days to revoke their signature

In addition to the above, an employer claiming to implement a reduction in force, defined as a termination of two or more employees, must also provide the terminated employee with the following information:

The job titles and ages of any other workers in the employee’s unit or department who are also being laid off;

The job titles and ages of all other workers in the employee’s unit or department who are being retained, that is, who are not being laid off; and

The eligibility factors used to determine who was laid off and who was retained

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Always some old fossil complaining about this and not their degraded skills and work effort. Glad we got rid of these fossils so the company has a future. Not surprised at all that these boomers would creek and moan about AgE DiSCrImInAtIoN lol. Good riddance.

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thanks for this, may turn out to be useful

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