Wells Fargo Scandal Blocks Severance Pay for Laid-Off Workers
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Wells Fargo Bank headquarters in San Francisco. Ruled intended to limit golden parachutes instead are restricting payments to fired bank employees. CreditMax Whittaker for The New York Times
For more than 400 employees recently laid off by Wells Fargo, the aftermath of the bank’s scandal over sham accounts has had an unexpected consequence: The bank is prohibited from paying the severance it owes them.
In mid-November, Wells Fargo’s federal regulator, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, imposed additional restrictions on the troubled bank. The rules, part of which are intended to curb golden parachute packages, limit what payments Wells Fargo is permitted to make to terminated employees without explicit regulatory approval…
Wells Fargo Scandal Blocks Severance Pay for Laid-Off Workers
