Severance packages must conform to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and its companion law, the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act. Together, the two laws dictate how you can legally ask employees to waive their rights to sue. When asking employees to waive their rights to age discrimination lawsuits, the waiver must fulfill the following conditions.
Age bias: 6 parts of a legal severance waiver
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