Sentence examples for severance something from inspiring English sources

The documents describe that payment as severance, something that is most commonly given when an employee is forced out of a job, but John Beckman, a spokesman for N.Y.U., said Dr. Koplewicz had been an employee in good standing who left of his own accord.

CNN Headline News, "Morning Express," Tuesday, 10 a.m.: "The one that I remember and am aware of and was a financial settlement and it was somewhere in the vicinity of three to six months' severance pay, something of that nature".

The severance packages represent "something in hand," while what becomes of the lawsuit is much less clear.

"I'm getting a lot of calls from people who are saying, 'I just got my severance package, and this is something I have wanted to do my whole life,' " said Kelly Webb, dubspot's director of operations.

"If you're going to give enhanced severance, you want to get something for it, and you don't want to fund a lawsuit against you," said Lawrence Z. Lorber, a Washington lawyer at Proskauer Rose who advises employers.

Disney did not dispute that Katzenberg was owed something — he had already received severance payments totalling a hundred and seventeen million dollars — but Fields argued that Disney's chairman, Michael Eisner, had arrived at the lower figure solely because of personal animus toward Katzenberg.

He'd cleared about $13,000 in severance pay and believed he'd land something solid, even if it came with a pay cut.

The game can also offer something like a signing bonus or a severance package: a head-start to incentivize the player to try it the new game.

They include trying to plan for a future without guaranteed employment while staying present for the grueling final tour (something that has been made easier by the severance packages the Cunningham Dance Foundation has arranged) and, at the more quotidian end of the spectrum, figuring out the best date to cancel company checking accounts.

I know an excellent employment lawyer who I have referred to various clients for offer negotiation, severance agreements, discrimination issues, or even just a second opinion when something seems amiss.

"Sometimes a company will structure a severance package to make it seem as if they are getting something back," noted Graef Crystal, a compensation expert and a columnist for Bloomberg Business News.