A recent article in the Chicago Tribune describes a settlement won by a veteran employee at the Indianapolis-based drug manufacturer.  The lawsuit centered around Eli Lilly not paying Starr E. Johnson’s severance pay in order to have a discrimination charge that she filed be withdrawn.

The company’s refusal to pay the severance agreement came after the discrimination charge was filed.  The EEOC office in Indianapolis was quoted as saying, ”A company may not condition receipt of benefits, such as severance benefits, on an employee’s promise not to cooperate with the EEOC.”

Contact our Carmel Employment Law Office if you have been wrongly terminated or your employer has violated a severance agreement.

Author Phil Sever
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