- Relevant Laws and Executive Orders
- Relevant Case Law
- Legal Concepts/Definitions Relevant to Workplace Planning and Employment
- Recruiting Candidates
- The Selection Process
- Background Checks
- Employment: Extending the Offer
- Onboarding
- Termination: The End of the Employment Life Cycle...or Is It?
- Exit Interviews
- Severance Packages
- Affirmative Action Plans
- Compensation and Benefits
- Documentation Strategies for HR Professionals
- Chapter Summary
- Key Terms
- Apply Your Knowledge
Severance Packages
HR might also be called upon to create, and inform employees about, their severance packages. A severance package consists of monies (and, in some cases, other benefits) granted to an involuntarily terminated employee for reasons unrelated to individual performance in recognition of the end of the employment relationship and of the years that the employee worked for her employer.