severance pay
noun
: an allowance usually based on length of service that is payable to an employee on termination of employment
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Yardley and his staff received three months of severance pay, and their files and records were transferred to the new Signal Intelligence Service, the Army’s predecessor to the NSA, which was now openly funded by the American government.
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Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
In the short term, the administration is offering buyouts to government employees willing to leave, providing seven months of severance pay.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Kohl's said said employees at the affected stores will either be offered severance pay or the opportunity to seek work at another location.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
Two of them are now being sued over severance pay and another has been tapped to take back his old job.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
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Peter Zablocki, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2025
In the short term, the administration is offering buyouts to government employees willing to leave, providing seven months of severance pay.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Kohl's said said employees at the affected stores will either be offered severance pay or the opportunity to seek work at another location.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
Two of them are now being sued over severance pay and another has been tapped to take back his old job.
—Martin Vassolo, Axios, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Severance pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/severance%20pay. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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