Merely offering a severance doesn't mean you're admitting employer wrongdoing.

It's fairly common for employers to give departing workers a severance package in exchange for the promise not to sue over alleged discrimination. But some workers may see that offer as an admission of some sort of wrongdoing that the employer believes it needs to preempt.

But there's little chance that such an argument will succeed, as long as the offer is consistent with a company's usual practice.

Recent case: Soon after Akin began a new factory management job, the company grew disenchanted with his work. He was placed on a performance improvement plan. When he didn't improve, the company offered him a severance package in exchange for his resignation. He rejected the offer, so he was fired.

Akin, who is black, sued, alleging race...

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