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I was employed as a supervisor of an organics plant for 23 years. I was laid off in the 23rd year due to lack of work. The company I worked for was in a legal battle with the other company in charge of facilitating production. I collected unemployment to the maximum but haven't been paid or received any severance for 6 months. They recently offered me 6 weeks severance. They claim that is what they are entitled to offer me since their payroll for the company is under 2.5 million dollars total. Is this a true statement? How many weeks severance am I entitled to?
Depending on the terms of your employment contract, you are likely entitled to much more than 6 weeks of severance pay. Under the common law system, you could be entitled to up to 24 months of pay. I would strongly recommend that you contact our firm at the number below so that we can better assess your termination entitlements.