Thurgood is an employee advocacy firm, utilizing Authorized Justice Practitioners to represent employment matters under the jurisdiction of the EEOC, OSHA, and other federal and state administrative agencies.
Filed an EEOC or state charge and want to keep negotiating directly? You can settle at any point. How a pending charge becomes leverage, and what to watch when you negotiate yourself.
Fired and handed a severance agreement? How to negotiate after termination: the release of claims, the 21- and 7-day review windows for workers 40+, how to counter, and when to walk.
Think you're being pushed out? How to negotiate severance before termination: what the company is weighing, how to frame and size your ask, who you'll deal with, and what gives you leverage.
Enduring harassment or a hostile work environment? When the conduct becomes a legal claim, why the employer's failure to act is leverage, and how to approach a severance conversation.
Got a Notice of Right to Sue? What it does and doesn't mean, the 90-day deadline to file in court, and your real options: sue, settle, or weigh the road ahead.
On a PIP and sensing the exit? Why a performance plan is often a paper trail for termination, what leverage you have, and how to open a severance conversation before it 'completes.'
Placed on administrative leave and unsure what's next? What being suspended pending investigation signals, what leverage you have, and how to weigh a severance conversation in the limbo.
Sensing you'll be let go while on medical or FMLA leave? Why pushing someone out during protected leave creates real exposure, what that means for severance, and how to proceed.
