(1) In some jurisdictions, some amount of severance is legally required in some circumstances, but the count at issue here is all in US jurisdictions where I don’t think that applies (to severance narrowly; there’s been some conflation of pay during a no-duty employment period that was used to comply with state and/or federal WARN Act notice requirements as “severance”, and while full pay and benefits for that time is legally required, its not severance in the strict sense),
(2) In most US jurisdictions, there is no general legal mandate for severance, but severance that is embodied as a term in the employment contract or otherwise part of a legally binding commitment or promise is required, and these cases involve specific allegations of such contracted or otherwise bindingly-committed-to severance.
(1) In some jurisdictions, some amount of severance is legally required in some circumstances, but the count at issue here is all in US jurisdictions where I don’t think that applies (to severance narrowly; there’s been some conflation of pay during a no-duty employment period that was used to comply with state and/or federal WARN Act notice requirements as “severance”, and while full pay and benefits for that time is legally required, its not severance in the strict sense),
(2) In most US jurisdictions, there is no general legal mandate for severance, but severance that is embodied as a term in the employment contract or otherwise part of a legally binding commitment or promise is required, and these cases involve specific allegations of such contracted or otherwise bindingly-committed-to severance.