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The Department of Labor has issued guidelines instructing Pentagon contractors not to give the required notice to its employees that they might need to look for a new job. The Labor Department's guidelines are intended to stop Pentagon contractors from warning employees about possible layoffs that may come about because of &quot;sequestering.&quot;<br />
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Obviously the President doesn&rsquo;t want this type of notice to get out because of the potential impact on the voting public.<br />
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