Overtime, BABY!!!!

[Anonymous]

Just so you are aware if you were layed off from novartis and you signed the severance papers than when you receive payment for this overtime lawsuit, Novartis will come after you, because if you read carefully it stated no lawsuits pretty much for anything after you take the severance. That was part of the agreement when being let go. They know that 99.9% of people will take the payout being the market just sucks and finding a decent job is hard to come by. They use to be a great company but about 5 years back they changed probably like all the other companies out there.

Wrong. The release statement makes exception for any claims which may be made under the Fair Labor and Standards Act (FSLA). If this lawsuit was for anything else you would be correct. There is specific wording in the release statement. Under Federal law a company may not prevent a former employee with a claim under FSLA. Someone tries to sue over a severance amount or a pay discrimination or whatever... then you would be correct, and the signee would have abrogated their release agreement and the company come after them for the severance.