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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.