Month: April 2013

You deserve severance pay! Contrary to the advice of the few books on this topic, you have every right to receive or increase severance pay, especially when your employer wants you to sign a full release of your rights. Termination of employment is not just a disappointment, but an opportunity as well.  It’s a chance…

“You’re fired!  For any reason or no reason, you’re an at‑will employee and I’m the boss.” Have you heard that before? Do employers really have that power? You may not like to hear it, but they do. They can fire you for any reason or no reason, but with two important exceptions. First, there must…

Tape recording a conversation can make the difference in proving a workplace allegation or case.  With it, your word is more believable than another’s. But too many employees incorrectly assume the ends of proof justify the means of tape recording.  It may even be criminally wrong. A felony and a civil wrong may be committed…