[gac1420]

Pennsylvania labor law question: salaried employee.
My job/position was eliminated after 40 years of service on 10 June 2013 without prior warning.
I was offered a severence payment of approximately 1/3 my set salary.
Are there any laws requiring a predesignated severance pay %?
I was told by another person this happened toto them but I did not find it in writing any place.
If I am legally entitled to a better settlement I would like to know before I sign any
Agreement.

[excon]

Hello g:

Absent an employment or labor contract, you're not entitled to anything - EVEN the severance they're offering.

40 years, and a pink slip?? Boy, do THEY suck??

excon

[ScottGem]

First, it is not a good idea to piggyback your question on another thread. To avoid confusion I've moved your post to its own thread.

You are not legally entitled to ANY severance unless its part of a union or employment contract or a published company standard. There are rules about the amount of notice that has to be provided when there are large scale layoffs. And if they eliminated your position as part of such a layoff, they may be obligated to pay you for up to 90 days.

The general practice for severance is 2 weeks pay for every year of employment. Under those guidelines you would be entitled to 80 weeks of pay. On the other hand, after 40 years, you should be eligible for retirement. Another standard practice in a situation like yours is to allow you to retire at full pension even though you may be younger than retirement age.

But these are general practices. They are not encoded into law. If you don't accept the settlement, you could get nothing. You can try to negotiate, but you have no leverage.