The WARN Act requires employers to &ldquo;provide notice 60 days in advance of covered plant closings and covered mass layoffs. This notice must be provided to either affected workers or their representatives (e.g., a labor union); to the State dislocated worker unit; and to the appropriate unit of local government.&quot;<br />
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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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For an article on the debate click on the following story link:<br />
<a href="http:// http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/13103-white-house-tells-defense-contractors-hold-pink-slips-until-after-election"><br />
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/13103-white-house-tells-defense-contractors-hold-pink-slips-until-after-election</a><br />