Does severance pay include pay owed and vacation payouts

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Payment for time worked and any accrued vacation are to be paid to someone upon their termination; though they do not form a part of the severance itself. Severance is compensation for a period of time after someone was terminated, whereas back-pay and accrued vacation are compensation for a period before termination (though vacation may continue to accumulate for up to eight weeks after the notice date of the termination).

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