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I think it is important to realize that the City/Agency obligation to pay severance could arise even days after the contract commences if Mr. Hanson's employment terminates for any reason.

Charles Green

The severance agreement announced today offers former Enron employees a real and immediate option to receive an additional cash payment from Enron. The agreement eliminates the risk that former employees would receive little or no severance as a result of a lengthy and costly court battle that most could ill afford.

Richard Rathvon

It was based on market research on what other severance programs offer.

Katherine Potter

They have money, and the system needs to step in and bite the bullet and not ignore the errors made. Instead, they got rid of the people who made some of the decisions, gave them huge severance packages and are now cutting the people that make the least money to make up for it.

Kathryn Donahue

Northwest was unwilling to offer a severance package that we felt met the very minimal level that was needed to adequately compensate those who would be denied a position.

Jeff Mathews

My call for no severance is not vindictive, but necessary to show how serious we take his misdeeds, his damage to AU, ... We must remember the cost already of Ben's excessive behavior.

Paul Wolff

It is a severance payment no matter what they call it.

Michael Barry

The employees who are affected have been offered severance packages and can apply for open positions in the company.

Jennifer Mcnamara

We 're pleased to have reached a tentative agreement so we may be able to pay additional severance benefits to our former employees.

Mark Palmer

In the current environment, it's fashionable to accuse departing executives of misconduct in an effort to avoid paying their severance.

Dennis Herlong

We have not paid and we are not paying monthly payments to Karin Stanford. The allegation is $10,000. We do not pay her any monthly compensation, ... Number two, we are not buying her, nor have we paid for a house for Karin Stanford, and third of all, the $35,000 she received was severance pay.

James Meeks

Even on a relatively low level, some provisions for a substantial severance package can be included.

James Johnston

If they do fire (Hall), I think the fair thing to do would be to have Sean Elsbernd resign and have Newsom appoint Hall as the supervisor for District 7, ... And then try to convince Tony Hall to forgo the severance package.

Chris Daly

Regardless of economic conditions, employers should have severance and separation benefits updated to remain competitive.

Jim Lowe

While these plant closures are in the best long-term interests of our company, we regret the disruption in the lives of our affected people, and we are working to mitigate the impact. Dislocation packages include job training and counseling, as well as severance pay and health benefits based on longevity with the company.

Terry Mccormack

This is a proposal we thought was fair. I wanted to give him a severance package because he was a department head. But if we don't agree with it, it does not affect my appointment of Chief Foerster.

Mayor Dorothy Larson

Asking for a less burdensome severance pay regulation doesn't mean that we want to avoid paying it.

Sofjan Wanandi

They couldn't afford to maintain two factories doing the same thing. It was a difficult thing . . . (but) employees were very appreciative because we gave them a fair severance or retention package to get them to stay with the company until the end.

Chuck Griffin

The prosecution is completely opposed to any question of severance of the indictments.

Geoffrey Nice

If you're hot, you know you may only be in demand for a short period of time, so you negotiate the best possible deal. Severance packages have been bubbling up little by little in the last 10 to 15 years as executive salaries and compensation have been.

Alan Sklover

If we stay until closing, we will benefit from the severance package. I wish the company would let us know when they are closing.

Ben Cruz

The improvement came in spite of absorbing additional administrative costs related to corporate reorganization, a bank refinancing, and litigation and severance costs which we consider to be one-time costs unique to the period.

Peter Baker

If you got a fat severance check at the end of the year, take a look and make sure you are in the same tax bracket.

David R. Bergmann

We realize that this decision may adversely affect many employees that have been loyal to Eaton. We will therefore be providing severance, benefit continuation and outplacement services to assist them through the transition.

Ted Cox

We hope to transition as many as possible to new stores, but employees we are unable to place will receive a severance package based on their tenure with the company.

Jessica Study

When you are in bankruptcy, the severance pay stops.

Roxie Russell

Out of the $1.4 billion in labor cost savings target, the company let this opportunity skip away over $10 million (severance costs), clearly reflecting the fact that the issue is not money but the company is intent on driving this work group into the ground and keeping the heel of its boot on each of our throats.

Jeff Mathews

We got what we asked the committee for. We asked them, if they instituted a business tax, that we get to deduct the severance tax. We got more than we asked for.

Morris Burns