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Severance
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Severance
A settlement received after being released from a corporation. In the context of corporate governance, an agreement that assures high-level executives of their postions or some compensation and are not contingent upon a change in control.

Severance
A payment often (but not always) made in a lump sum that occurs when an employee is laid off or fired. Severance is sometime voluntary; that is, an employee may choose to quit and take a severance that is offered instead of staying and risking a layoff with no severance. The amount of severance is determined by the employee's length of time at the company, previous pay rate, and other factors. Accepting a severance makes one ineligible to collect unemployment insurance or to initiate a wrongful termination lawsuit. A severance exists in order to reduce the risk of the company when layoffs become necessary and to improve employee morale.


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When completed, the severances and job eliminations would drop the number of city full-time equivalent employees from the present 1,543 to 1,498, the lowest number of city workers since 2006.
The new department handles severances, boundary retracements, surveyors' real property reports, easements, highway right-of-ways, mining claims, and just about any kind of private or Crown land registry reporting work.
 
 
 
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