Legal Question in Employment Law in Florida

Re: termination employment

There is no federal (or State law in Florida) that requires an employer to provide "severance" pay. However, there is a federal law (called the "WARN" Act) that requires employers to provide 60 days written notice of mass layoffs for certain-sized employers, when a single location is closed at which at least 50 employees are being let go. There are a number of conditions that exist under the Act, but outside of that protection, only a voluntary "severance" plan or severance benefit would provide you with any compensation, aside from unemployment which you can file for.