I strongly agree.
Indeed, lawyers “do not” complicate matters in negotiating severance packages...
They help keep the process professional so that both parties can move on with their lives or business in its normal course.
Employment lawyers would help either party comprehend the dynamics of the negotiation.
They help identify potent legal and business factors that would motivate the company executives to give a severance pay or if there was an existing severance package, to increase the same.
In fact, employment lawyer helps mitigate the effect of the lost of employment for laid-off employees.