| name | confidentiality-severance-agreement |
| title | Confidentiality and Severance Agreement |
| description | Drafts U.S. employment confidentiality and severance agreements combining separation compensation, broad claim releases, post-employment restrictions, and enforcement architecture. Handles OWBPA timing, DTSA notice, non-compete and non-solicit tailoring, non-disparagement, and unknown-claims waivers. Triggers on severance, separation agreement, release of claims, termination package, confidentiality waiver, non-compete, non-solicit, non-disparagement, OWBPA, arbitration clause, or DTA notice. |
| author | CaseMark |
| author_url | https://github.com/CaseMark/skills/tree/main/skills/legal/confidentiality-severance-agreement |
| license | Apache-2.0 |
| version | 0.1.0 |
| execution_mode | open |
| jurisdiction | us |
| practice | employment |
| language | en |
| tags | ["agreement","drafting","litigation"] |
Confidentiality and Severance Agreement
Drafts a complete termination settlement agreement securing confidentiality, claim release, and post-employment conduct obligations with enforceability across U.S. jurisdictions.
Prerequisites
Collect before drafting. If any item is missing, pause and ask — do not assume or fill gaps.
- Employee details — full legal name, position, tenure, age, start/separation dates, work location, domicile state
- Compensation inputs — salary, bonus formula, PTO/leave balance, equity treatment, benefits continuation, prior unpaid compensation disputes
- Governing documents — handbook, offer letter, prior non-compete/confidentiality/IP agreements, equity/benefit plans, company termination policies
- Legal constraints — employment jurisdiction(s), state non-compete/non-solicit rules, wage payment statutes, arbitration enforceability, non-waivable statutory claims
- Process details — signatory authority, execution method, consideration amount, OWBPA revocation workflow (if age 40+)
Quick Start
Draft sections in this fixed order:
| # | Section | Key deliverables |
|---|
| 1 | Parties and dates | Legal names, addresses, termination date, effective date, execution date |
| 2 | Recitals | Neutral background, consideration framing, counsel-notice language, no-fault framing |
| 3 | Severance mechanics | Amounts, schedule, tax/withholding, benefit continuation, property return |
| 4 | Release of claims | Broad waiver + carve-outs + ADEA/OWBPA flow + protected-disclosure savings |
| 5 | Confidentiality | Definition, survival, return/destruction, statutory exceptions, DTSA notice |
| 6 | Non-disparagement | Mutual scope with protected-activity carve-outs |
| 7 | Restrictive covenants | Non-compete/non-solicit only if jurisdiction and role justify; reformation + severability |
| 8 | Dispute resolution | Governing law, arbitration/forum, equitable relief carve-out, fee allocation |
| 9 | Acknowledgments | Voluntary execution, legal/tax advisories, integration, notices, signatures |
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