White House To Defense Contractors: Don’t Warn Employees Before Election They May Get Laid Off -- Washington ExaminerObama’s Labor Department is trying to spare the president the embarrassment of having hundreds of thousands of layoff notices arrive in the mail just before Election Day, including in the crucial swing state of Virginia. It issued a guidance yesterday to defense contractors that just happened to advise them not to send federally-required warnings to their employees that they could get pink slipped because Washington can’t get the budget under control.
At issue is a regulation called the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notice Act, which requires federal contractors, especially ones with Pentagon contracts, to send notices to their workers 60 days before their contract is expected to terminate. The point is to give the workers a heads up and time to get new employment or seek training.
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More News On The DoL Telling Government Contractors To Not Send Lay-Off Notices Before The November Elections
Sequestration has defense in the dark -- Washington Times
Layoff notice, defense cuts set off dispute -- FOX News/AP
Republicans: Obama administration hiding big job losses from sequester -- The Hill
Defense cuts, layoff notice dispute sets off tiff -- Huffington Post
DOL: Delay Layoffs Until After Election -- Alana Goodman, Commentary
Update: This is breaking news ..... personnel programs exempt from sequestration.