An agreement between a company and an employee, usually an executive, specifying that the employee will receive certain significant benefits if employment is terminated
An employment agreement that guarantees a key executive lucrative severance benefits if control of the company changes hands followed by management shifts
A golden parachute is an agreement to pay a large amount of money to a senior executive of a company if they are forced to leave. Golden parachutes entitle them to a full year's salary if they get booted out of the company. An employment agreement that guarantees a key executive lucrative severance benefits if control of the company changes hands followed by management shifts. part of a business person's contract which states that they will be paid a large amount of money if they lose their job, for example if the company is sold
package of benefits and compensations guaranteed to be paid in case of job loss (usually included in job contracts of top executives)
giving top executives lucrative benefits that must be paid by the acquirer if they are discharged after a takeover