Your neighbor Jack, age 50, works for DPS, a delivery company in Phoenix. Recently he was told that DPS was downsizing. Workers under the age of 55 were given help writing their resume, finding new jobs and a buyout equivalent to 3 months salary to help until they find work. Workers 55 and older were asked to take a one time bonus check of $1000 and asked to sign away their right to sue the company for any reason. In your perception, what is happening here? If you were 55, would you take the $1000 and sign the agreement?
2007-11-28 06:01:28 · 4 answers · asked by smart 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
No I wouldn't, I would make them offer me the same thing that they are offering everyone else. If it is a union he could fight it with them.
2007-11-28 06:09:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A company in Arizona is under no legal obligation to do anything other than pay the earned pay and vacation to an employee when they let him go, unless they have a written contract to the contrary.
The over 55 employee should probably take the money, unless he has reason to believe that he was illegally singled out for termination, because if he wasn't then he has no grounds to sue.
The reason that 55 is a common age for these cut-offs, by the way, is that is the age you can start taking your pension / Social Security.
Richard
2007-11-28 14:27:16 · answer #2 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are they worried about being sued for is the question? wouldn't sign it.
2007-11-28 14:08:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I wouldn't sign.
2007-11-28 14:24:38 · answer #4 · answered by scottclear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋