Comments on: Laid Off? You Still Have Rights! Part 2: Are You a Statistic?

By: KC

KC — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:12:13 +0000

What about personal vendetta? One of my co workers had ALL their work taken away by our manager and then the manager told the CEO/president of the company that co worker has nothing to do. My co worker eventually got laid off. It was getting so bad, the general manager took her under his wing to protect her from lay off. But the manager convinced the CEO to lay her off. Talk about WRONG. My other two co workers got laid off too. There hasn't been many lay offs at all since. And the excuse they're using for layoff is the economy. But really, the company has not been effected by the economy at all. I can go on and on but don't have much time. Sorry for the long story.

By: James Peters

James Peters — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:32:09 +0000

Sarah:

Like anything in the law, there are always exceptions to every rule. The only way to be sure that a situation applies to you is to contact an attorney.

By: James Peters

James Peters — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:24:45 +0000

Susan:

Thank you for your post. An employer can ask you to sign such a letter, but that does not necessarily mean it is true. However, it sounds like what you are being asked to sign is a release of claims, which would give up your right to bring a claim for wrongful termination anyway.

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:51:35 +0000

Thank you for this series of articles.

I have an additional question that was not covered. Can an employer (in California) require employees in a mass layoff to sign a letter stating that they accept that the termination was due to a mass layoff and that no discrimination was involved - especially as a prerequisite for getting a severence package?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:18:07 +0000

"under federal employment law if you are part of a mass layoff and over 40 your employer in most cases must provide you with a list of all other employees being laid off, including their ages and position"

What does "most cases" mean? How can I find out?

By: BloggerPal

BloggerPal — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:02:42 +0000

Being laid off due to age is certainly a case of age discrimination. Hence, the terminated employee has the right to sue the employer. Evidence must, however, be submitted to prove that the employer purposely terminated the employee because of his age.

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