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Before you sign the severance: five clauses worth an hour of review

Non-disparagement, release scope, and the reference letter you can still negotiate after the offer is on the table.

A severance agreement is a contract, and almost every one we read has room in it. The five clauses that matter: the scope of the release, whether it covers claims you have not discovered yet; the non-disparagement clause, and whether it runs both ways; the reference term, which is nearly always negotiable and rarely asked for; the timing of the payment against your last day of coverage; and the confidentiality carve-out for your spouse and your lawyer.

You usually have twenty-one days. Use two of them.

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