| I was in this situation once. | | | | documents that they are asking me to sign will |
| -Employers usually have these termination papers | | | | protect them from any future lawsuits that I |
| drafted by an attorney. My employer asked me | | | | might pursue. My ex-employer even threw a |
| to sign an agreement upon my termination. They | | | | check at me. It seemed like a great deal at first. |
| were trying to protect themselves from future | | | | Luckily I had legal insurance. Legal Insurance is the |
| lawsuits or from me filing for unemployment | | | | exact same thing like medical insurance. What |
| benefits. | | | | medical insurance does for my doctor and hospital |
| I did the smart thing and did not sign anything until | | | | bills, legal insurance does for your attorney fees. |
| my attorney reviewed it. Now you might say that | | | | I told my employer, "Thank you, but I would like |
| it is too expensive to ask a lawyer to review | | | | to run this by my attorney before I sign |
| these documents. Most attorneys out of the | | | | anything." You should have seen the faces of my |
| yellow book will cost about $300 an hour. | | | | former boss and the human resource lady. They |
| -When my employer terminated my employment, | | | | were shocked. Needless to say, 90 days later, |
| they asked me to sign documentation. They are | | | | my ex-employer, my attorney and myself were |
| basically telling me that they might have done | | | | sitting in the EEOC office and negotiated a |
| something wrong in the past and are worried | | | | settlement of $27,000. You will never find me |
| about me filing a lawsuit against them. These | | | | without legal insurance. |