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Benefits in the News > By Subject > Severance pay Now Viewing Recent Headlines View Excerpts and Recent Headlines Life on Severance Pay [Guidance Overview] Be Careful With Severance Plans; ERISA Reporting and Disclosure Rules Can Apply [Guidance Overview] Perform Year-End Review of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans for 409A Operational Failures [Guidance Overview] Last Chance to Fix Bonus Plans and Severance/Employment Agreements [Guidance Overview] Severance Plans as Regulated by the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA (PDF) [Guidance Overview] Employer Practice of Payments in Exchange for Releases Does Not Constitute ERISA Plan [Official Guidance] DOL Begins to Approve EFAST2 Software Vendors for 2009 Form 5500 [Guidance Overview] EEOC's Guidance on Discrimination Waivers and Releases [Guidance Overview] EEOC's Guidance on Discrimination Waivers and Releases [Guidance Overview] EEOC Technical Assistance Regarding Waivers and Releases of Discrimination Claims in Severance Agreements (PDF) Buyouts Lure 9,000 State Workers into Retirement in Six States [Guidance Overview] Focus on Employee Benefits Newsletter, August 5, 2009 (PDF) After 6,000 Take Buyouts, G.M. to Lay Off Thousands Making the Best of Your Severance Package [Guidance Overview] EEOC's New Guidance on Severance Agreements [Guidance Overview] EEOC's Guidance on Waivers of Discrimination Claims [Guidance Overview] EEOC's Employee-Friendly Guidance on Separation Agreements [Guidance Overview] EEOC's New Guidance on Discrimination Waivers and Releases [Guidance Overview] EEOC Issues Employee Guidance on Waivers in Severence Agreements [Guidance Overview] Understanding Waivers of Discrimination Claims in Employee Severance Agreements [Guidance Overview] Severance Plan Is Subject to ERISA When Employer Discretion and Ongoing Demands on Employer's Assets Are Present A Review of Judge Sotomayor's Second Circuit ERISA Cases [Guidance Overview] Court Rejects ERISA Section 510 Interference Claim Because Employee Was Not Entitled to Plan Benefits Los Angeles Weighing Retirement Option for Reducing City's Workforce [Guidance Overview] Court Denies Penalties for Document-Request Failure When Participant Not Harmed [Guidance Overview] Pfizer Dealt Setback in Severance Benefit Court Battle Delta Pilots Union OKs Buyout Plan Getting it Right in Reductions in Force: How to Minimize Legal Risks (PDF) Chrysler Expands Worker Retirement and Separation Plan [Guidance Overview] Two More Circuits Change Their Standard of Review Analysis Based on Supreme Court's Glenn Decision Delta Proposes Retirement Incentive Plan to Cut Pilot Staffing [Guidance Overview] Section 510 Claims Defeated by Causation Defense [Guidance Overview] Summary of Recent Federal Employment Discrimination Law Cases Involving Employee Benefit Plans Severance Pay Alive and Well Despite Downturn [Guidance Overview] Third Circuit Abandons 'Sliding Scale' Approach in Judicial Review of ERISA Benefit Denials Layoff Binge Spurs Severance-Policy Flux 3M to Offer Early Retirement to 11% of Its U.S. Workforce Golden Parachute Gross-Ups May Be Unnecessary for Many Executives [Guidance Overview] Informal Discussions with IRS Reveal Favorable Interpretation of Severance Pay Withholding Rules Overview of Severance Pay Studies [Guidance Overview] Severance Benefits and COBRA: A Follow-Up [Guidance Overview] Separation Pay Options Under Code Section 409A [Guidance Overview] Model Notices for New COBRA Rules Issued; Effects on Separation Pay Agreements [Guidance Overview] Employee Benefits Issues to Consider in a Reduction in Force Corporate Cutting Now Extends to Severance Packages Golden Parachute Gross-Ups May Be Unnecessary for Many Executives Yahoo Wins Severance-Plan Approval That May Aid Buyout Offers [Guidance Overview] Law Firms Navigating A Minefield Through Reductions In Force [Guidance Overview] FAQs on the 415 Amendment: What If I Haven't Adopted It Yet? [Guidance Overview] All Employers' Severance Plans and Agreements Affected by ARRA Stingier Severance Pay Adds to Workers' Woes GM and Chrysler Offer New Retirement, Buyout Packages Bankrupt WorldCom wants court to let it make enhanced payouts to 19 top officials who had been terminated Employers Reviewing Severance Plans Severance Includes Outplacement and Financial Planning, According to Survey Results [Guidance Overview] The Role of Severance in Today's Employment Environment (PDF) French Legislation May Impact Payouts for Retirement Indemnities Yahoo Changes Severance Plan in Settling Lawsuit CitiGroup Eliminates Additional Employee Severance Payments U.S. Employers Offer Lower Severance Pay Important word about authorship: BenefitsLink® (BenefitsLink.com) provides this page for you, containing selected hypertext links to pages on the web that our editors think will be useful or interesting to you. 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