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If you terminate and issue a severance agreement to an individual employee who is not part of a mass layoff, does the over 40 law still apply? (that they are given 45 instead of 21 to consider the off
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posted at 11/18/2011 11:07 AM EST on Workforce Management
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If you terminate and issue a severance agreement to an individual employee who is not part of a mass layoff, does the over 40 law still apply? (that they are given 45 instead of 21 to consider the offer?.
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Re: Severance Agreements

posted at 11/18/2011 12:25 PM EST on Workforce Management
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Yes, it is my understanding that ADEA still applies even in a single termination. However,it's been a while since I have used or researched it. 

But severance agreements are not a DIY project so I would pass it by corporate/employment counsel to be on the safe side.
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