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Yesterday, Target announced the layoff of 140 more employees. Similarly, companies routinely lay off employees and provide them with severance agreements. Questions arise about layoffs and whether to sign severance agreements. Bertelson Law Offices routinely...
Schafer: Target’s challenge is to reinvent workplace culture Written by: LEE SCHAFER, Star Tribune, March 7, 2015 Target’s investor meeting last week in New York quickly became a story about layoffs of up to “several thousand” employees at the corporate offices in...
From: The StarTribune, March 8, 2015 Think of us lowly Target team members By: Doug Champeau Pope Francis’ arrival at the Vatican signaled an upheaval in the day-to-day operations of one of the world’s largest Christian denominations. The housecleaning continues...
Source: Workplace Fairness September 9th, 2013 | Donna Ballman As sometimes happens when you’ve been practicing as long as I have (hint – I may have had a pet with a name ending in -saurus), you find yourself chatting with an opposing counsel with whom you’ve had many...
Source: Heydary Hamilton PC You’ve been working for the same company for more than 10 years. Although management is always saying “We’re a family”, you never bought into that. Still, you get along with everyone, you’ve worked hard, and your manager has let you know...
Source: This entry was posted in Severance Pay on by Robert Ottinger. 1. What is the payout schedule? Many companies will propose a payout in 30 or 45 days after execution of the agreement. There is no reason to wait that long and companies will often shorten the...
Bertelson Law Office has a successful history of reviewing, evaluating and strategically negotiating severance agreements, “buy-out packages”, executive agreements and non-compete agreements. We can help you assess whether the package you were offered makes sense...
In this age of layoffs, employees are often presented with severance agreements when terminated. These agreements typically require individuals to release all potential employment law claims, including age discrimination claims under the Age Discrimination in...
1/2/2013 by Michele Bowman, Lawyers.com Trinity Health Corporation on Dec. 20 settled charges brought by the EEOC over the employer’s alleged policy of denying or delaying severance to employees who file discrimination charges after leaving their jobs. In general,...
