Posted on 10/19/2015 6:24:24 PM PDT by markomalley
SunTrust Banks in Atlanta is laying off about 100 IT workers as it moves work offshore. But this layoff is unusual for what it is asking of the soon-to-be displaced workers: The bank's severance agreement requires terminated employees to remain available for two years to provide help if needed, including in-person assistance, and to do so without compensation.
Many of the affected IT employees, who are now training their replacements, have years of experience and provide the highest levels of technical support. The proof of their ability may be in the severance requirement, which gives the bank a way to tap their expertise long after their departure.
The bank's severance includes a "continuing cooperation" clause for a period of two years, where the employee agrees to "make myself reasonably available" to SunTrust "regarding matters in which I have been involved in the course of my employment with SunTrust and/or about which I have knowledge as a result of my employment at SunTrust."
The employees were informed of their layoff at the end of September, and the last day of work for some is on Nov. 1. This is according to several of the affected employees, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation.
The severance is seen by affected employees as a requirement to provide ongoing technical assistance as needed. The severance agreement itself says that this assistance from former employees "will be requested at such times and in such a manner so as to not unreasonably interfere with my subsequent employment." An employee shared the severance clause with Computerworld.
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Could be SunTrust has just created 100 folks voting for Trump.
LOL, the “shred” might make them a bit suspicious.
leave marriage out of this
Bad clauses are a pretty normal part of severance deals. And totally unenforceable, sign it, take the money, ignore their calls.
Take the money. Change all your phone numbers.
Pound sand and lots of it in double handfuls.
Sure....as soon as these monkeys fly out of my butt.
That's the question to ask. This sort of service isn't free and it would be fantastically stupid (and risky) to demand it.
I was working for a company that was acquired by a rival. Everyone but a select group was shown the door; those of us who were lucky were put on a two-year transition team with the understanding that at two years plus one day, we were done.
After the less lucky were out the door, the other shoe dropped: full salary for those two years plus a year's worth of salary as a bonus. We just had to see that nothing bad happened during the transition. It was smart insurance and a bunch of us got rehired anyway.
You can’t require someone to work without compensation.
The 13th amendment says the same thing.
Thank you for posting that.
I was looking for it the other day.
Thank you for posting that.
I was looking for it the other day.
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