Immediately following the meeting personnel files should be updated, agreements documented, and access to company premises and equipment shut down (Bernardin & Russell, 2013). The outline of the severance, benefits package, and outplacement services would be exceptional considering that Jeanette is being terminated for a minor infraction against company policy. Jeanette should first be offered an opportunity to voluntarily resign. An enhanced severance package should be paid based upon her time of service and benefits should be stretch for 60 days. The most important factor would be that of the outplacement services. A formal reference letter should be presented to Jeanette. She should also sign a contract stating that upon acceptance of the severance package, she releases the company of all current, past, and future litigation due to discrimination, wrong …show more content…
The enhancement of the package would be used to entice Jeanette to voluntarily leave the organization and protect them from future lawsuits. A waiver in a severance agreement is only valid when the employee knowingly and voluntarily signs and consents to the waiver (Aubry & Staley-Ngomo, 2009). There are many factors to also consider in the issuing of a severance package. The employee must not be induced by fraud, duress, undue influence, or other improper conduct by the employer, employer must have enough time to think of the advantages and disadvantages of the agreement, employee must be asked to consult an attorney, whether the employee had any input in negotiating the terms of the agreement, and whether the employer offered more than was required by law or contract and the employee agrees (Aubry &