AOL Inc. on Monday started laying off employees and said it would close some European offices, after failing to reach its goal of cutting about a third of its staff through a voluntary buyout program. About 1,100 employees accepted the buyout package, offered in December and aimed at cutting some 2,300 jobs. Volunteers received...

Pfizer Inc. said it began sending notices Monday to the 680 workers at two former Wyeth facilities whose jobs are being eliminated. The New York pharmaceutical company, which acquired Wyeth for $68 billion last year, intends to eliminate 450 jobs effective March 12 at the Collegeville, Pa., site that formerly served as Wyeth’s pharmaceutical...

N.J. appeals court ruling expands protections against sexual discrimination, harassment By Sue Epstein January 06, 2010, 5:57PM NEW BRUNSWICK -- New Jersey laws barring sexual harassment and discrimination apply not only to employer-employee relationships, but also to business owners and their clients, a state appeals court ruled today. The three-judge panel ruled unanimously that the female...

Employees are typically offered severance when they are terminated or laid off.  Despite the actual reason for your termination, severance agreements often times state that an employee resigned. You may think that this is favorable to you for future employment to have your termination marked as a resignation, but it may actually prevent you from...

It is important to understand all of the terms of your severance agreement and the impact that the terms of the severance agreement will have on you in the future.  Before you sign a severance agreement provided to you by your employer you should consider the following: (1) Does the severance agreement contain a non-compete...

New Jersey severance law is a myth.  There is no severance law in New Jersey that protects employees or requires an employer to provide an employee with severance pay.  Our lawyers receive numerous calls a month asking whether a NJ employer is required to provide severance pay - the answer is no.  However, there...

You may have a received a New Jersey Severance Agreement and are looking to negotiate with your employer to increase the amount of severance. There are several things that you can do to try and have the amount increased. First, try and determine whether you were illegally terminated, or there is an inference that our...