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What is the best severance pay calculator or standard formula that small business owners use when letting someone go on good terms.

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

SEED QUERY
What is the best severance pay calculator or standard formula that small business owners use when letting someone go on good terms.
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
small business severance pay common formula weeks per year of service employment law United StatesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDConsequence
U.S. Department of Labor severance pay not required agreement severance officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDYes / no
EEOC severance agreement Older Workers Benefit Protection Act 21 days 45 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 / navigationalComparisonConsequence67%ReasonDefinitionInstructionYes / no33%

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 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
small business severance pay common formula weeks per year of service employment law United States Google ↗
U.S. Department of Labor severance pay not required agreement severance official Google ↗
EEOC severance agreement Older Workers Benefit Protection Act 21 days 45 days 7 days official Google ↗

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
small business severance pay common formula weeks per year of service employment law United States
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Consequence——1x
of 1
U.S. Department of Labor severance pay not required agreement severance official
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Yes / no——1x
of 1
EEOC severance agreement Older Workers Benefit Protection Act 21 days 45 days 7 days official
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Consequence——1x
of 1