If you sign on the dotted line.. you receive severance, but your right to sue Xerox is doubtful

This was taken from the VRIF documentation I was provided. You MUST sign this paperwork to receive the severance. I suspect the exact same wording is in the IRIF documentation.

"I release Xerox from any and all claims, even if I don’t know about the claim at this time, based on anything that has occurred prior to the date I sign this Release. For example, I release Xerox from any claims based on all laws, such as the following (all laws as currently amended):

Age Discrimination and Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)

Older Workers’ Benefits Protection Act of 1990 (OWBPA)

Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1870, 1871 and 1991

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Equal Pay Act of 1963

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1989

Uniformed Services Reemployment Rights Act of 1994

Vietnam Era Veteran’s Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974

Rehabilitation Act of 1973

I also release Xerox from claims based on the laws of the state(s) where I am employed and reside, such as state fair employment practice laws or any other law, whether federal, state or local, concerning employment. I release Xerox from claims based on discrimination in employment such as claims arising out of the offer of employment to me by Xerox, the hiring of me by Xerox, any employment contract between Xerox and me, any promises made by Xerox regarding future employment, or based on the termination of my employment. Finally, I also release Xerox from claims under state contract or tort law, and from all claims for punitive or compensatory damages, costs or attorney’s fees."

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The fact that these agreement are signed under duress, means you could go back and sue. Not that you'd want to have that black mark on your record ... and they are counting on that.

You will not get severance if you don't sign

If the article is correct, you have 21 days to sign and get severance still.

Back up your emails on a personal drive NOW.

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Generally for a Mass Tort Claim / Class Action, the Law Firm will gladly assemble a review team of all electronic evidence and advertise for potential claimants to join you in a meritous claim. Should a person want to go it alone, they would probably need a couple grand retainer / deposit for a lawyer to start. In either case, an initial consultation should be free and the attorney can give cost estimates and evaluation of merit. All lawyers are bound by the Bars professional standards and will do what is in your best interests. Expect Xerox to fight hard. Expect it to last over a year. Expect it to be an emotional and time investment. But, if you feel that wronged call a lawyer. Think it through.

If the claim is a month or two of severance, I don’t see how an individual suit would be worth it. However if you feel it’s discrimination, or something else that you are protected from then save as much info and notes that you can and call a Lawyer. They have methods to obtain more proof. Justice is just as fulfilling as monetary award, if not more so. A simple Xerox docket search will produce suits that went to trial, and BTW multiply it by 1000’s for number suits that settled and never went to court.

Contacts are ment to be broken .Xerox does it all the time. Why not take a chance and fight xerox. A lawyer will take the case . You wonder how Xerox picked people for layoff age one young one old .if that's the way did they discriminate against a good worker or just because of your age and not work ethic. And pay scale.

According to this:

https://www.employmentlawfirms.com/resources/employment/compensation-benefits/do-i-have-to-accept-severance-package

Then we don't have to sign to get severance since its part of corporate policy. Is that right? Or is there a gotcha I didn't see.

"............even if I don’t know about the claim at this time,..."

Complete and utter horse manure. It is intended to be the be-all, catch all phrase. Take the paper and hold off signing it and talk to a labor attorney pronto.

Is that even legal? I would want to involve a lawyer, but wouldn't want to give up the lousy severance they now give in order to do so.

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