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Re:Ask HN: How many of you have been impacted by a layoff? by Scoundreller on Sunday October 13, 2019 @07:23PM (#21243978)
Totally depends on jurisdiction, but where I am, labour lawyers will usually do a free consult, and can extract their ongoing costs if an employer underpaid you owed severance and termination pay if you were suddenly fired.

Sane employers will pay lawyer costs if they know they’d lose in court.

But that’s Canada.

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Re:Ask HN: How many of you have been impacted by a layoff? by goatinaboat on Monday October 14, 2019 @11:39AM (#21249470)
In the UK your employer when laying you off has to pay up to £250 to cover a lawyer looking over the severance agreement. Source: personal experience.
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Re:Ask HN: How many of you have been impacted by a layoff? by dx034 on Monday October 14, 2019 @04:21AM (#21246144)
It's the same in most of Europe. A letter from a lawyer can be worth much more than from an employee and lawyers won't charge you if they expect the employer to pay the cost anyway.
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