Basically you cannot claim unemployment because once u sign u stating your not laid off its voluntary! Sneaky
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Don't be stupid. Take the severance. They aren't doing anything illegal. Sign the thing and take the package. Getting laid off s---s but it's not illegal, and you are just cutting off your nose to spite your face.
You are eligible for unemployment do not sign. From a previous post in this section
First, the direct impact: If an employee is involuntarily separated from work (e.g. fired not for cause; laid off); he or she is eligible for unemployment insurance (UI) when his or her employment ends. For UI purposes, the date of employment ending is when the employee is no longer on payroll. It has nothing to do with when notice was given, when the employee was told he or she is terminated, or even when the employee stops reporting to work.
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Don't listen to upper management. Please find out for yourself first. Don't listen to them!
Spoke to upper management and they told me u don't sign u don't get the severance pay...
You have to sign something saying it was voluntary? Wouldn't it only have been voluntary if you resigned?
http://employment-law.freeadvice.com/employment-law/firing/effects-of-severence-pay-on-unemployment-eligibility.htm
Do not sign anything. Take to a lawyer right away !!
Maybe a better question is what happens if you don't sign it. Do you get your job back as a punishment? Yeh right. Make them pay you rightfully earned unemployment. Sorry Mike Franke but that's the price of lay offs.