Sentence examples for in return for severance from inspiring English sources

In the spring the government will propose ways of allowing permanent workers to be fired in return for severance pay.

Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the publisher of The Daily News, has dropped a requirement that recently laid-off employees agree not to "disparage, discredit, defame or belittle" the newspaper in return for severance benefits, company officials said yesterday.

The government has at times dangled the prospect of impressively bold reforms, such as allowing firms to fire permanent workers in return for severance pay while also making the employment of Japan's millions of workers on non-permanent contracts more secure.In some areas, good progress on such reforms is being made, in particular over the participation of women at work.

In 2006, Durst settled the lawsuit from jail, in return for a severance of $65m.

Perhaps more important to the company — and to a potential buyer — the Guild would agree to end lifetime job guarantees for employees who started working at The Globe before 1992, in return for improved severance packages for those workers.

Then, if employees leave a company, it is common that their employer requires them to sign a non-disparagement agreement (NDA) in return for a severance package, an option that is disproportionately offered to women and minorities, Fowler said, which can prey on individuals' and families' economic vulnerability.

Amazon.com tried to convince 1,300 of the workers it laid off this year to sign an agreement that included a clause to not disparage the company in return for more lucrative severance deals, but backed off from enforcing the clause under pressure from union organizers and also fear of a public reaction.

Cisco, the largest maker of computer networking equipment, said employees would receive two months of pay and benefits and, in return for signing a severance agreement, four months more, according to a memorandum to employees from Larry Carter, the company's chief financial officer.

It usually provides for a severance payment, in return for which you agree not to pursue any claim or grievance you may have in an employment tribunal.

Compromise agreements tend to be struck when a staff member accepts a severance payment in return for waiving the right to sue an organisation and they usually include a promise of confidentiality, often known as a "gagging clause".

How many times do we give someone a severance package in return for their promise that they won't ever speak?