Walt Disney Co. properly denied $44,277 in severance benefits to an employee who stopped working after having a stroke, the Second Circuit ruled Wednesday, reasoning that a termination due to disability doesn’t qualify as a layoff under the relevant plan.
The Disney severance plan gives the company discretion to interpret the ambiguous terms “layoff” and “involuntary termination of employment,” the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in a 2-1 split opinion. The company reasonably interpreted “involuntary” to mean a termination forced upon an employee by the employer, and not one forced by external circumstances like a disabling ...
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The Presidency has dismissed Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde’s claim that the Federal Government is withholding 250 billion in Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) dividends for each state, describing the a...