&gt; Awarding severance to one employee probably doesn&#x27;t create an implied contract with other employees.<p>I believe that this is incorrect. If you fire 10 employees in a row and they all get severance but then the 11th doesn&#x27;t they absolutely can hire a lawyer and ask why and start digging into events that lead up to the firing. If it turns out that they were fired for sexual harassment without being given a chance to refute the claims and then it turns out that the claim might have been bogus the company is going to be in a bad spot. And it&#x27;s probably going to end up paying out a 5 (or maybe 6) figure check to make the problem go away.<p>(PS: totally understand that you aren&#x27;t being a picky message board jerk. No worries at all)