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severance pay

NOUN
payout to fired or laid-off worker
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At minimum, Baillie argues, he should have received $825,000 to $1.1 million in severance pay, based on company precedent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

The draft law reduces severance pay, allows payments in kind and restricts vacation usage, among other proposals that the General Confederation of Labor considers "regressive."

From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026

People who did not move to another role received severance pay based on how long they had worked at the company.

From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2026

Former workers posted on social media that they were given 10 weeks of severance pay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025

I searched for his severance pay on my desk, wondering who the devil had hired him in the first place.

From With a Vengeance by J. B. Woodley



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