In order to provide a greater level of certainty, federal employers should consider including
language in their written employment agreements that
limits the amount of notice and
severance the employee is entitled to upon termination of employment, but ensuring that this
language provides for at least the minimum amounts required by the Code.
That said, we often see situations where employers have included
language in a written contract to reduce or
limit an employee's entitlement to
severance yet fail to do so in a legally permissible manner.