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hi amanda hi josh what are we going to talk about today i thought we could talk about separation agreements or severance agreements a lot of connecticut employees come to us having been just laid off they're notified of the layoff and then they get this complicated legal document and they've never seen anything like this before they've probably never been laid off before and they're freaking out they don't know what to do they email us or they call us and they say help what do you say well first thing i say is take a deep breath try to relax uh i know you've heard that one before it's amazing how the the advice we give to almost everybody who comes into our office is take a deep breath we're gonna figure this out and usually we do yeah well you know this is well we see it every day josh a lot of connecticut employees don't and for most people this is the first time they've ever been in a situation like this and it's scary um but while maybe the first time you're going through it this is the stuff that we handle every day so we've been here a lot of other connecticut employees have been in this position as well so we're going to get through it um but the first thing you need to do is be able to think clearly right and that starts by taking a deep breath and second another one that's not a surprise is read it right let's read what the second separation agreement says what is the company offering you in exchange for signing this document and releasing any and all claims you may have against them that's the meat and potatoes of this thing right in order for you to get whatever it is that they're going to give you in exchange for you signing this document you have to forego rights so you can't sue them for discrimination or retaliation or something else um and you want to make sure that whatever it is that they're giving you is is good enough in exchange for that really big piece of um of satisfaction i guess you'd call it but you're giving them because they can rest easy and say this employee can't come back and sue us now right so read this thing understand what it says a lot of people say this is fine with me i think i'm just gonna sign it while our advice would always be look this is a legally binding contract talk it over with an employment lawyer some folks say i don't want to right maybe i can't afford it maybe i don't have the money to spend on a consultation or to talk to a lawyer so can i just sign it myself and that is is an interesting piece that we wanted to cover josh what do you think about that yeah so the answer is...