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I need to lay off three people by this afternoon, what is the exact formula for calculating employee severance pay in California today?

ChatGPTgpt-63 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
I need to lay off three people by this afternoon, what is the exact formula for calculating employee severance pay in California today?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
California severance pay required law no statutory requirement DLSE final paycheck vacation payout 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
California WARN Act 50 employees 30 days 75 employees 60 days official EDD 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
California Labor Code 201 final wages discharged immediately vacation payout official DLSEGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (3)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequence100%ReasonDefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
California severance pay required law no statutory requirement DLSE final paycheck vacation payout 2026 Google ↗
California WARN Act 50 employees 30 days 75 employees 60 days official EDD 2026 Google ↗
California Labor Code 201 final wages discharged immediately vacation payout official DLSE Google ↗

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
California severance pay required law no statutory requirement DLSE final paycheck vacation payout 2026
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Consequence——1x
of 1
California WARN Act 50 employees 30 days 75 employees 60 days official EDD 2026
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Consequence——1x
of 1
California Labor Code 201 final wages discharged immediately vacation payout official DLSE
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Consequence——1x
of 1