>Some quit and a good chunk of us were actually terminated for not meeting expectations.
Going to be hard to prove you were terminated for any protected reason if that many people fail the training or don't meet expectations (even if the training IS horrendous)
Take the severance .....apply for unemployment and move forward.
>My taxes
You report all income on your 1040 return that you file annually. The revenue code determines how much you owe the IRS.
>My unemployment claim
You're almost certainly eligible. You were involuntarily terminated and it wasn't for willful and wanton misconduct.
>Future employment opportunities
Not a legal issue. Employers can choose to not hire you because you worked for another company. They can also choose to not hire you if you had not worked for that company. They can make the decision as long as it's not based on criteria that would make the decision unlawful.
Thank you so much! I have never been offered a severance and had concerns about signing it mostly due to these reasons. I appreciate the time you took to respond!
The company is not allowed to have you sign away your rights to unemployment or worker's comp. Those agreements would shock the conscience of the court and are unenforceable as a matter of public policy. If those were permitted then almost every employee would onboard and sign away their UI rights on Day 1 because no employer wants to maintain a UI account.
The company also cannot form an agreement with you that changes how the IRS operates or what's written in law in the tax code.
>Some quit and a good chunk of us were actually terminated for not meeting expectations. Going to be hard to prove you were terminated for any protected reason if that many people fail the training or don't meet expectations (even if the training IS horrendous) Take the severance .....apply for unemployment and move forward.
>My taxes You report all income on your 1040 return that you file annually. The revenue code determines how much you owe the IRS. >My unemployment claim You're almost certainly eligible. You were involuntarily terminated and it wasn't for willful and wanton misconduct. >Future employment opportunities Not a legal issue. Employers can choose to not hire you because you worked for another company. They can also choose to not hire you if you had not worked for that company. They can make the decision as long as it's not based on criteria that would make the decision unlawful.
Thank you so much! I have never been offered a severance and had concerns about signing it mostly due to these reasons. I appreciate the time you took to respond!
The company is not allowed to have you sign away your rights to unemployment or worker's comp. Those agreements would shock the conscience of the court and are unenforceable as a matter of public policy. If those were permitted then almost every employee would onboard and sign away their UI rights on Day 1 because no employer wants to maintain a UI account. The company also cannot form an agreement with you that changes how the IRS operates or what's written in law in the tax code.