Sentence examples for severance given from inspiring English sources

Mr. Patten has come under considerable criticism for the large severance given to Mr. Thompson's successor, George Entwistle, who lasted only 54 days in the job.

Both sides hinted at a breakthrough last week, but negotiations subsequently stalled over the troika's demands for changes to labor laws — chiefly the abolition of automatic salary increases in both the private and public sectors and a reduction of the severance given to employees dismissed from private firms.

It's not clear whether Katzenberg will receive that severance, given that he will still be in charge of some of the company's digital media initiatives.

And, curiously, it looks as if the prism of eventual severance gives a focus to verse that revisits love's birth and blossoming.

The good news is that the ending of "Severance" gave me reason for optimism.

Fortunately, my severance gave me a little time to grieve, breathe and try to figure out who I was without my big, fat Execu-woman job.

The changes would include a reduction in the severance pay given to dismissed workers, as well as a longer workweek.

Patten sought to to downplay the scale of the £3m-plus severance sweeteners given to departing senior BBC executives, arguing that it is about half the cost of what BSkyB and BT pay to air half a Premiership match.

In the latest outcry over CEO compensation, two union pension funds have sued Hewlett-Packard and its board over severance payments given to the company's former chief, Carleton Fiorina.

BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has attempted to downplay the scale of the £3m-plus severance sweeteners given to departing senior BBC executives, arguing that it is about half the cost of what BSkyB and BT pay to air a Premiership match.

Meanwhile, Nissan's operating profit grew by 12% to a record ¥825 billion.Leaving presentEmilio Botín, chairman of Banco Santander Central Hispano, and two former executives were ordered to stand trial for the misuse of bank funds over a euro164m ($145m) severance package given to the pair.