1. Severance Payment
Sample comprised of 399 randomly selected HR professionals.
Analyzing 399 responses of 2,825 s sent, 2,764 s were received (response rate = 15%).
Survey fielded March 11 – March 20, 2008; presentation generated on March 21, 2008.
Margin of error is +/- 5%.

2. Severance Payments to Nonunion Workers Who Are Laid Off
Note: Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding. 22% of HR professionals that reported that their organization did not offer severance
Payment tot nonunion workers were excluded form this analysis.

3. Severance Payment Workers Receive For a Pre-determined Period
Note: HR professionals who responded “not sure” and those that offer no severance payment were excluded from this analysis.

4. Organizations Requiring Laid-off Workers Who Receive Severance Payment to Sign a Form Releasing Organization From Liability For Employment Actions
n = 339
Note: HR professionals who responded “not sure” and those that offer no severance were excluded from this analysis.