Severance Automation
Reduce administrative tasks and prevent mistakes
With configurable severance automation tools, Onwards HR helps employers streamline the separation process in compliance with corporate policy and employment laws. By automating administrative tasks, your team will be able to spend more time adding value to the business. Plus, severance automation makes it easy to provide benefits to outgoing employees, reducing legal risk by helping retain existing talent, improve morale, and preserve your brand.
Consistent Severance Pay Calculations
Severance pay mistakes are all too common, but our severance pay calculator makes accuracy easy.
Manage all of your severance policies for each entity, country, union, etc.
Model severance pay scenarios to determine best path for the business
Manually override severance pay calculations when employee exceptions are required
Easily review a current snapshot of severance pay totals throughout each phase of the separation process
Automatically recalculate severance when changes arise, such as updated timelines and internal transfers
WARN & Preliminary Notifications
Some severance events require delivery of specific notices in accordance with employment law.
Automatically generate preliminary notifications when RIFs warrant advanced notice, reducing time spent on administrative tasks
Comply with the WARN Act by delivering notifications that adhere to legally mandated timelines
Severance Package Generation
Using configurable templates, you can quickly generate severance packages with dynamic documents.
Integrate your company’s policies with our rules engine to generate template content driven by specific business rules (e.g. country, length of service, union/non-union, job grades)
Customize your workflow to automatically generate documents when the process reaches a certain stage
Regenerate documents based on unique business rules or triggers without manual intervention
Easily locate and review the documents created for each employee
ADEA / OWBPA Disclosures & Waivers
Prevent potentially costly age discrimination claims by complying with the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA), a part of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA).
Automatically generate waivers for protected employees
Ensure waivers are valid and fulfill OWBPA’s seven mandated waiver criteria
Track adherence to legally required waiver review time periods
Notification, Delivery & Signature
Save time and frustration by allowing technology to manage notifications, deliveries, signatures, and other off-boarding tasks
Leverage a configurable checklist when notifying employees about an upcoming separation
Promptly deliver severance packages with peace of mind, knowing they’re customized to each employee
Easily capture electronic signatures, review signature status, and follow-up with employees who have yet to sign
Track other key off-boarding tasks such as collection of employee equipment and employee access shutoff.