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Ed M
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What is the name of your state? Ohio
I was terminated after being employed for 15 years at the same company. A two page severance agreement was provided which allows payment of my salary for 17 weeks.
We had a consulting firm that is a business partner of my former employer and the consulting firm may be interested in hiring me. My former employer is telling me that once I receive a paycheck from the consulting company, whether I'm placed at my former employer or not, my severance agreement/pay will be terminated.
The severance agreement only states that if my former employer "or any SUBSIDIARY offers (me) a comparable position...payment under this Agreement shall cease as of the date (I am) offered the position."
Since the consulting company is not a SUBSIDIARY, but a BUSINESS PARTNER, I can't see how the severance agreement could be terminated. My former employer's legal department is telling me that, since there is a "business relationship" with the consulting company, I am getting preferential hiring that I wouldn't have had if we had not been business partners.
Any takers?
I was terminated after being employed for 15 years at the same company. A two page severance agreement was provided which allows payment of my salary for 17 weeks.
We had a consulting firm that is a business partner of my former employer and the consulting firm may be interested in hiring me. My former employer is telling me that once I receive a paycheck from the consulting company, whether I'm placed at my former employer or not, my severance agreement/pay will be terminated.
The severance agreement only states that if my former employer "or any SUBSIDIARY offers (me) a comparable position...payment under this Agreement shall cease as of the date (I am) offered the position."
Since the consulting company is not a SUBSIDIARY, but a BUSINESS PARTNER, I can't see how the severance agreement could be terminated. My former employer's legal department is telling me that, since there is a "business relationship" with the consulting company, I am getting preferential hiring that I wouldn't have had if we had not been business partners.
Any takers?