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by hhmc 1778 days ago
It may also have been payment in lieu of notice or holiday.
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Given the context that seems unlikely - and it's genuinely hard to rack up a three month severance liability at most companies these days unless you're C-level. Most employers will either evaporate or pay out unused annual vacation so you're looking at a year's accrual at most (we can be over generous and say they may have had five weeks owed) - plus any in lieu time which usually caps out at three weeks.
> and it's genuinely hard to rack up a three month severance liability at most companies these days unless you're C-level.

This isn't true in the UK