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My boss just told me we need to lay off three people by Friday and I have no idea how to calculate standard severance pay for California employees with two years of tenure.

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

SEED QUERY
My boss just told me we need to lay off three people by Friday and I have no idea how to calculate standard severance pay for California employees with two years of tenure.
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
California official severance pay not required employer layoffs final wages unused vacation California Labor CommissionerGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
California WARN Act official 50 employees 60 days mass layoff requirementsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
EEOC severance agreement Older Workers Benefit Protection Act 21 days 7 days officialGoogle ↗
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 official severance pay not required employer layoffs final wages unused vacation California Labor Commissioner Google ↗
California WARN Act official 50 employees 60 days mass layoff requirements Google ↗
EEOC severance agreement Older Workers Benefit Protection Act 21 days 7 days official Google ↗

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
California official severance pay not required employer layoffs final wages unused vacation California Labor Commissioner
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Consequence——1x
of 1
California WARN Act official 50 employees 60 days mass layoff requirements
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Consequence——1x
of 1
EEOC severance agreement Older Workers Benefit Protection Act 21 days 7 days official
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Consequence——1x
of 1