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Re:Unicorn layoffs keep piling up by adrr on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @06:54PM (#22884118)
3 months severance is California law and part of the CA-Warn act. Nice they covered cobra till the end of the year.
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Re:Unicorn layoffs keep piling up by VintageLight on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @09:55PM (#22885307)
The WARN Act is not severance! It requires that the company notify employees 60 days in advance of a mass layoff. They don't have to specifically notify the individuals being laid off.

There is no requirement for severance in California!

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Re:Unicorn layoffs keep piling up by adrr on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @11:36PM (#22885786)
Most companies forgo notification and pay out two months of pay. So it becomes a defacto severance. Do you know any company that actually gave notice and kept the employees on for two months?
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Re:Unicorn layoffs keep piling up by jtrider on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @07:24PM (#22884349)
I didn't know this existed. However it seems California’s Governor, Gavin Newsom, has issued an Executive Order to suspend the state’s WARN Act until the end of the COVID-19 emergency.
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