1 State Indian reservations, which are lands held in trust by a state for an Indian tribe. 2  With state trust lands title is held by the state on behalf of the tribe and the lands are not subject to state property tax. 3  They are subject to state law, however.
To be eligible for severance pay, an employee must have completed at least 12 months of continuous service by the date of separation. This continuous service may consist of one or more civilian Federal positions held over a period of 12 months without a single break in service of more than 3 calendar days.
1 a written contract stating that severance would be paid. 2  a promise that employees would receive severance pay as documented in an employee handbook or personnel policies. 3  a history of the company paying severance to other employees in the same position, or. 4  an oral promise to the employee that you would pay severance.here are only two situations when you may be legally required to provide severance pay. First, a handful of states require employers who are closing a facility or laying off a large number of workers to pay a small amount of severance.