If my firm violated employment law and now I want to leave, how do I negotiate/value a severance?

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Hire an employment lawyer?

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Agree. A lawyer in this area can help you value it. Probably do hourly or for flat fee to just negotiate severance vs bring a claim

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perfect your claim (if it exists) by going through the proper HR channels and then based on that process, propose a mutually acceptable separation and release of claims

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Speak to an employment attorney before you go to HR to determine the best strategy based on the circumstances.

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You don’t get severance if you quit. It’s unlikely you’ll get anything.

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Get an employment lawyer and paper your claim. Without a paper trail, you're not getting anything other than an escort to the door.

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Friend of mine just had this happen to her. I believe she ultimately was paid out and signed an NDA. I would recommend contacting an employment law attorney. They can help you in the process.

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Employment lawyer, they generally work on contingency - at least in CA they do.

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You generally only get severance in exchange for a release of claims. Do you have a claim?

Yes. Sexual harrassment

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Violated employment law impacting you, and so you want to quit? Or you witnessed on behalf of others and want to leave out of objection to the practice?

First, that’s horrible and I can only imagine what you’ve had to endure. Someone above suggested lawyering up; this sounds like the kind of layer cake that’s best cut with just such a knife.

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