Tenafly Employment Lawyers Negotiating Severance Packages

Many companies offer severance packages to employees who lose their jobs through no fault of their own. For example, companies often pay severance to employees whose jobs are eliminated or downsized as part of a mass layoff or reduction in force. Our employment lawyers can help negotiate your severance package.

At many companies, the amount of pay an employee is entitled to receive is calculated based on one or two weeks of salary for each year he or she has worked for the company. However, policies and practices vary greatly from one company to another in many important respects including who is entitled to receive severance pay and how much they are entitled to receive.

Our employment lawyers are experienced at negotiating severance packages for employees in New Jersey and New York. If you have been wrongfully terminated or otherwise unfairly fired, but were not offered any severance package, our attorneys can discuss ways to try to persuade your employer to make you a fair offer. Likewise, if your employer offered you an inadequate separation package then we can try to negotiate increased severance pay, modify or remove undesirable provisions such as a non-compete agreement or a non-disparagement clause, and otherwise make the agreement fairer and more equitable to you.

We also handle claims under the New Jersey WARN Act, which requires some employers to provide severance pay to eligible employees who lost their jobs due to a mass layoff or transfer of operations. For more information, please see our article: New Severance Entitlement to New jersey Employees Subject to Mass Layoffs.

If you need a lawyer to review or negotiate your severance package, we can help. Please contact us online or call us at (201) 777-2250 to schedule a meeting with one of our New Jersey severance negotiation lawyers. 

From our office in Bergen County, our employment lawyers represent employees who live and work in Tenafly and throughout New Jersey, as well as in New York City and in Westchester County and Rockland County New York.

The Borough of Tenafly is located along the Hudson River in Bergen County, New Jersey. It was incorporated in 1894. Prior to that, Tenafly was part of Palisades Township. As of 2020, Tenafly had an estimated 15,409 residents.

A diverse town, Tenafly has large Korean and Jewish populations. It is home to the Tenafly Nature Center and the African Art Museum of the Society of African Missions. The Borough borders the towns of Cresskill, Bergenfield and Englewood. Its famous residents have included musician Glenn Miller, actress Mira Sorvino, women’s rights advocate Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Congressman Steve Rothman.

If you live in Tenafly, our office should be very easy for you to reach. Just take Route 4 West to Route 17 North, to the Garden State Parkway North. You will get off of the Parkway when you get to Exit 172, and then turn left onto West Grand Avenue.  Next, you will turn right onto Chestnut Ridge Road.  Our office building is located at 135 Chestnut Ridge Road, which is only about a quarter of a mile from the intersection of West Grand Avenue.  We are on the second floor, in Suite 230.

Please call us today to schedule a consultation with one of our New Jersey severance negotiation attorneys to review your severance package or to discuss another one of your employment law rights. Our telephone number is (201) 777-2250. 

We offer meetings in person, over the telephone and via Zoom. We look forward to meeting with you and helping to enforce your rights as an employee.