In addition, according to an investigation by Haaretz, he allegedly received additional severance pay – amounting to hundreds of thousands of shekels – in 2006 and 2007, while he was minister of strategic affairs and deputy prime minister.
There will be additional severance expenses related to cutbacks in those areas, the Interpublic statement said.
If the company already has a policy that guarantees severance, offer additional severance in exchange for the release.
To try to dampen opposition, the government offered additional severance pay provided workers accept their dismissal within a month.
If the federal judge in the bankruptcy case approves the deal, Enron will pay former employees up to $7,900 in additional severance pay.
Enron has agreed to pay nearly $30 million in additional severance to about 4,200 former employees who were laid off after the company filed for bankruptcy protection.
At the time of its filing, the company still owed additional severance, unpaid commissions and other payments to thousands of laid-off employees, many of whom had already watched their 401(k) plans, loaded with WorldCom shares, hemorrhage.
Workers have threatened to destroy their plant and equipment -- also by detonating gas canisters -- if the carmakers Renault and PSA Peugeot Citr?did not agree by the end of the month to pay each employee 30,000 euros ($42,000) in additional severance.
They include a requirement that employees laid off last month at New York Times Digital agree not to "disparage or encourage or induce others to disparage" New York Times Digital if they are to receive additional severance and health benefits.
The Enron Corporation has agreed to pay nearly $30 million in additional severance to about 4,200 former employees who were laid off after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last December.
