Gerson v. Diamond Shamrock Corp.

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant Diamond Shamrock Corporation (employer) appeals the trial court’s decision awarding plaintiffs (employees) severance pay. We affirm.

Employer’s personnel policy provided in pertinent part:

Where separation from employment is ... because of a permanent layoff due to lack of work, the employee will receive ... (c) For service in excess of one year —one week’s notice or one’s week pay in lieu of notice for each year of employment with a minimum of two week’s P»y[.]

Employees worked for employer’s Vitex division, an unincorporated part of employer’s business which made food…