Legal advice on severance pay.?

The company that my husband works for is closing the entire plant withing the next month. There is a secondary plant that some selected employees my be asked to work at. My husband just found out from the companies HR rep that if he is offered a job at the new plant and he declines that he will not recieve a serverence pay at all.


We live in Texas, what are our legal rightss when it comes to severence pay. I thought that this would be illegal, because no contract or agreement has been signed because of this. And they are not telling everyone this, my husband just so happen to be friends witht the rep and he told him just to protect him. But my husband doesn't want to work at the other plant. What should we do?Legal advice on severance pay.?
what are our legal rights when it comes to severance pay


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severance pay is not required in any situation. severance is a gift from the employer and can be offered to some or all of their employees as the company sees fit (as long as discrimination is not involved in their selections)


http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/wages/sever鈥?/a>





your husband may be covered by the WARN act and COBRA


see:


http://www.dol.gov/compliance/laws/comp-鈥?/a>


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http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/health-plan鈥?/a>Legal advice on severance pay.?
severance pay is a gift so it does not fall under any law, secondly in today economy take the job and worry about what to do later