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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not an employment lawyer, but sounds pretty standard.  Severance agreements aren't illegal (although if she was fired for an illegal reason and brings a case the agreement almost certainly won't protect the company).  If she had no employment contract, she is probably an "at will" employee, so she can be fired for any reason (including if she didn't get along with certain colleagues), as long as it wasn't discriminatory.  If she suspects she was fired for a discriminatory reason (sex, race, disability, etc) it might be worth talking to a lawyer, though that opens her up to being sued to get the severance pay back.

In the future, it may be a good idea to talk to a lawyer before you sign a severance agreement (or at least do some research yourself) to make sure there is nothing crazy in there, and also because you may be able to negotiate for more money if you have some leverage (e.g. if they want you to agree to a non-compete clause).  However, if she was an entry-level employee it was probably pretty boilerplate, and probably not worth it to talk to a lawyer now.[/quote]

Agree on the part to review with a lawyer - when my company went through layoffs their agreement had language that was unreasonable.  My attorney got that cleaned up and then I signed.[/quote]

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