And.........be careful not to overcharge a current grant for terminal
vacation/severance earned under other or prior grants! To the extent
that other funds are not available, that would be an institutional cost.

On 1/9/2018 2:09 PM, Maryellen O'Brien wrote:
> Dear Megan,
>
> It’s been my understanding that grant-funded employees have to be
> treated the same as other employees, i.e. subject to the same benefits.
> If severance pay is a standard benefit consistent with institutional
> policy and practice, then I’d think it would have to be paid.  It might
> not be allowable to pay it from a given grant, but funds would have to
> be sought from another source.  That’s been known to happen with
> unemployment insurance, for example.
>
> Maryellen
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> *Subject: *[RESADM-L] Severance Pay
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> Severance Pay for an employee (non-faculty) that is fully grant funded?
> When is this allowable, when is it not, and what are the stipulations. I
> have read the UG on this, but looking more for your interpretations and
> your institutional policies and practices.
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