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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Most places in the US will have nothing about severance written down anywhere, but it's very common to actually pay severance in a mass layoff situation (unless the whole business is going under).

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The US has the WARN Act, which requires 60 days' notice or 60 days' pay if at least 500 employees or 33% of the workplace are getting laid off (whichever is smaller). It's a threadbare legal minimum on severance, but there is a minimum.