Assisting Harrisburg Area Clients with Severance and/or Separation Agreements
Most employment in Pennsylvania is “at will,” which means that an employer can generally terminate or fire an employee at any time for any reason, and an employee can also resign at any time for any reason. On the other hand, some employees are covered by employment agreements, union collective bargaining agreements or have other rights given to them by their employers or by the state and federal law.
When an employee quits, is laid off or fired, he or she generally has limited rights. Despite this, there are circumstances when an employer might be wise to offer a severance package in exchange for an employee signing a Severance and/or Separation Agreement that waives certain rights and releases the employer from further liability.
Severance and/or Separation Agreements, or Termination Agreements, generally outline the terms of the employee’s termination, such as a layoff, and provide certain financial benefits to an employee, who generally give up their rights to sue. Some Severance Agreements may include non-compete and non-disclosure clauses.
In order to avoid the possibility of a lawsuit, it is important for employers to have a Severance Agreement that is well drafted by an experienced attorney. On the other hand, if you are an employee being offered a Severance Agreement, you need to be careful not to give up rights that are more valuable than the severance package being offered. In either case, the attorneys at Daley Zucker are available to help; give us a call to learn how our attorneys can help you.
The attorneys practicing in this area of law are:
Patricia Carey Zucker
Kathleen Misturak-Gingrich
Steven P. Miner
The law office of Daley Zucker Meilton Miner & Gingrich, LLC, with offices in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania regularly represents businesses and individuals with Family Law, Estates, Guardianships, Bankruptcy, Employment Law, Insurance Law, Administrative Law, Business and Corporate Law, Commercial Litigation, Municipal Law and Real Estate matters throughout Central Pennsylvania, including Harrsiburg East Shore, Harrisburg West Shore, Dauphin County, Cumberland County, York County, Lancaster County, Perry County, Juniata County, Mifflin County, Centre County, Adams County, Franklin County, Fulton County and Schuylkill County.
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