{"id":428,"date":"2008-02-02T02:39:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-02T09:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/breckenridge\/?p=428"},"modified":"2008-10-25T05:25:47","modified_gmt":"2008-10-25T12:25:47","slug":"severance-pay-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jameswbreckenridge.ca\/?p=428","title":{"rendered":"Severance pay? Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family:arial;\"><strong><span>Severance pay:<\/span><\/strong><span> <em>noun<\/em> \u2013 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\">A sum of money usually based on length of employment for which an employee is eligible upon termination.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\"> <\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span>I read that Abbotsford\u2019s city manager Mr. Guthrie retired early. I do not recall reading anything about \u201cdismissed\u201d or \u201cterminated\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span>What is this golden handshake of a severance package? No employment contract has provisions for payment of any severance pay, much less such an extravagant amount, when an employee retires or quits. Just what is going on? <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span>For the sake of transparency and giving taxpayers the whole story I think we need a great deal more information \u2013 without being forced to file Freedom of Information requests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span>Did Mr. Guthrie retire or was he terminated? If he retired what is this so-called severance pay really about, since you are not entitled to severance pay if you retire or quit? If he was terminated, why was he terminated? More to the point, why the misleading public statements about retirement?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family:arial;\"><span>Does the timing of this sudden appearance of a \u201cseverance package\u201d have anything to do with reports Mr. Guthrie was preparing to sue the city for wrongful dismissal? If in fact this \u201cseverance package\u201d is to prevent or settle a potential lawsuit, why is it presented to the public as a severance pay?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">What is really going on; what is the truth here? Taxpayers, as the ones paying for this \u201cseverance package\u201d have a right to have these and any other questions they may have on this matter answered \u2013 fully and truthfully.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Severance pay: noun \u2013 A sum of money usually based on length of employment for which an employee is eligible upon termination. I read that Abbotsford\u2019s city manager Mr. Guthrie retired early. I do not recall reading anything about \u201cdismissed\u201d or \u201cterminated\u201d? What is this golden handshake of a severance package? No employment contract has provisions for payment of any severance pay, much less such an extravagant amount, when an employee retires or quits. Just what is going on? For the sake of transparency and giving taxpayers the whole story I think we need a great deal more information \u2013 without being forced to file Freedom of Information requests. Did Mr. Guthrie retire or was he terminated? If he retired what is this so-called severance pay really about, since you are not entitled to severance pay if you retire or quit? If he was terminated, why was he terminated? More to the point, why the misleading public statements about retirement? Does the timing of this sudden appearance of a \u201cseverance package\u201d have anything to do with reports Mr. Guthrie was preparing to sue the city for wrongful dismissal? If in fact this \u201cseverance package\u201d is to prevent or settle a potential lawsuit, why is it presented to the public as a severance pay? What is really going on; what is the truth here? Taxpayers, as the ones paying for this \u201cseverance package\u201d have a right to have these and any other questions they may have on this matter answered \u2013 fully and truthfully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-municipal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Severance pay? Really? - James W. 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