My attorney sent my former employer a settlement letter by mail asking him if he wanted to settle before a Virginia code 65.2-308 lawsuit is filed. She sent it to him and then sent me a copy. She did not let me see it before it was mailed to him. In the letter she shows a "claim resolution" where she asks for my lost wages and her attorney fees to be paid by my former employer. I have no problem with these parts. But the last "claim resolution" states: "re-characterization of her termination as a mutual separation." This is the part I do not like because I have filed a EEOC charge of retaliation back in July of 2013. I am waiting for the EEOC to respond. I will use a different lawyer for the EEOC charge because this lawyer does not handle EEOC matters. Will the "mutual separation termination" in this matter hurt me if the EEOC sends me a letter saying I have a case and can sue my former employer in federal court for the EEOC retaliation? Can my former employer claim I signed a settlement agreement where I agreed to a "mutual separation termination" Can this destroy my EEOC charge?