Posted by nancy Paullin on 1/20/06

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Hi -- any advice on this would be appreciated. My job was
eliminated and my boss told me he would give me 6 weeks
severance. I told him I would think about the 6 week
package (thinking if I would ask for more) and he said to
just get back to him. I then emailed him and told him I
accepted the 6 week package. He then emailed me back and
said he would get a letter out to me to sign for the 6 week
severance deal. He took over 2 weeks and never got back to
me, and in the meantime I had to pay rent etc. so I filed
for unemployment. On my last email correspondance with him
asking when I would receive my severance pay he told me
that my severance was conditional on NOT filing for
unemployment and therefore he no longer planned on giving
me the severance. I have nothing but a verbal agreement and
the emails (would those be binding as contract?) on the
severance of 6 weeks, and he never said anything to me
about not filing unemployment. Does he have the right to
not pay me my severance because I filed unemployment? It
seems unjust to me. When he told me he was restructuring
and my position was being eliminated, he offered me 6 weeks
severance. I then accepted via writing in email and then
was waiting for him to send the letter for signature. What
are my options in getting my severance. He's a pretty shady
guy, often paychecks would bounce etc....thanks in advance
for any help you might have

Severance and Collecting Unemployment in Illinois, 1/20/06, by nancy Paullin.

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