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Administration again urges contractors not to warn of layoffs, despite defense cuts
foxnews.com ^ | September 29, 2012 | foxnews

Posted on 09/29/2012 6:56:44 PM PDT by vet7279

"For the second time, the Obama administration has now encouraged government contractors to ignore the WARN Act and hold off on warning employees about possible layoffs due to the looming sequestration cuts,”

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Obama thinks nothing of ignoring the law....
1 posted on 09/29/2012 6:56:48 PM PDT by vet7279
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To: vet7279

Not a bad topic to bring up during a debate.


2 posted on 09/29/2012 7:01:45 PM PDT by USNBandit (sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: vet7279
How can a President tell business's what to do? Is not this the definition of communism. The biggest fool of a President this country ever has elected is destroying this country by his policies and DC slave administrations that destroy our freedoms and steal our wealth daily. I think we are in for the worst 4 years no matter if Romney is elected as he would have to spend years digging out of the hole the Obamanation regime has created to cripple America and enslave Americans.
3 posted on 09/29/2012 7:05:30 PM PDT by kindred (Jesus Christ is the Lord God and Messiah of Israel, a present help in time of trouble.)
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To: USNBandit

“Not a bad topic to bring up during a debate.”

Absolutely. Let’s hope someone from Romney’s crew picks this up.


4 posted on 09/29/2012 7:06:31 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: kindred
Is not this the definition of communism.

Nope. Communism is when the State owns the business.

What obama is doing, private "ownership" with government control, goes by another name.

Fascism.

5 posted on 09/29/2012 7:10:40 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1348 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama, a queer and present danger)
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To: vet7279

When Ubama leaves office in January, he better hop on AF1 one last time and have it drop him and Eric off in a non-extraditable country.


6 posted on 09/29/2012 7:11:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
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To: null and void

REmindin evryone that fascism was Mussolini’s system, and was a kind of politcal cartel involving business, labor, and even the Church. He enoyeda great reputation until he responded to the depression by agressions in Africa. His was a kindof national socialism without the radical racism of Hitler.


7 posted on 09/29/2012 7:18:40 PM PDT by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: null and void

REmindin evryone that fascism was Mussolini’s system, and was a kind of politcal cartel involving business, labor, and even the Church. He enoyeda great reputation until he responded to the depression by agressions in Africa. His was a kindof national socialism without the radical racism of Hitler.


8 posted on 09/29/2012 7:18:50 PM PDT by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: vet7279

Laws mean nothing to Obama.

They don’t even slow him down. If he REALLY doesn’t like one he writes an Executive Order and changes it.

I think we should close Congress , we don’t need them with Obma making the laws,and they don’t seem to mind , they don’t even try to stop him.


9 posted on 09/29/2012 7:26:37 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: RobbyS
IIRC, he also persecuted the Jews - was that at his own instance or was he just walking in lockstep with Hitler?



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

10 posted on 09/29/2012 7:29:02 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: ConorMacNessa

Itwas part of his deal with Hitler.Pretty much like Hiler’s other allies. One reason why Franco did not become a formal ally: Franco’s gradmother was Jewish.Just think how it would have changed the war with the Germans in Gibralter!


11 posted on 09/29/2012 8:00:25 PM PDT by RobbyS (Christus rex.)
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To: vet7279

Maybe if this story gets reported enough and individuals spread the word, enough will REALIZE their heads may be on the chopping block, no matter what Bath-House Barry wants.


12 posted on 09/29/2012 8:11:53 PM PDT by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: vet7279

Obama doesn’t give any thought to the possibility that employed people facing the possibility of termination might want to start thinking about their options?


13 posted on 09/29/2012 8:16:19 PM PDT by ArmyTeach (Our liberties, we prize and our rights we will maintain ... USS Iowa BB 61)
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To: RobbyS
Understood. I was under the impression that Cpl. Schicklgruber had some Jewish ancestry as well.



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

14 posted on 09/29/2012 8:25:16 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: RobbyS
But the Moose finally got the Italian trains running on time.
15 posted on 09/29/2012 8:30:57 PM PDT by ANGGAPO (Layte Gulf Beach Club)
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To: vet7279

I hear one large company is planning to mail “you could be laid off” slips to every single employee on Nov 2 (four days before election day).


16 posted on 09/29/2012 8:32:50 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: Mortrey

Twitter has 379 tweets as new as 11 minutes last checked.

Good thing Government contractors don’t know how to use the internet or they would be aware of obamas blackmail.

Looks like obama wants to use taxpayers money, $360 million ??? to cover for the Warn Act so they agree to keep the emporer in office.

Or just lie about the threat after the election and hold the companies in violation of the Warn Act.


17 posted on 09/29/2012 9:07:25 PM PDT by Morris70
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To: vet7279

Strange - my daughter says at the FAA research facility where she works there are several big-screen TV’s which are constantly scrowling the latest news, including stories about expected mass cuts in jobs in their department following the election -she says you have to keep reading the small print to see that the cuts will be by retirement and attrition and a lot of people are upset that their jobs may go - the inference, although apparently not stated directly, is that Romney is going to be doing the cutting for smaller government......


18 posted on 09/29/2012 9:15:08 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: vet7279

http://www.dol.gov/compliance/laws/comp-warn.htm

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) protects workers, their families, and communities by requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of plant closings and mass layoffs.

Employee entitled to notice under WARN include managers and supervisors, as well as hourly and salaried workers. WARN requires that notice also be given to employees’ representatives, the local chief elected official, and the state dislocated worker unit.

Advance notice gives workers and their families some transition time to adjust to the prospective loss of employment, to seek and obtain other jobs, and, if necessary, to enter skill training or retraining that will allow these workers to compete successfully in the job market.

Generally, WARN covers employers with 100 or more employees, not counting those who have worked less than six months in the last 12 months and those who work an average of less than 20 hours a week.

Employees entitled to advance notice under WARN include managers and supervisors as well as hourly and salaried workers.

Regular federal, state, and local government entities that provide public services are not covered by WARN.

The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) administers WARN at the federal level, and some states have plant closure laws of their own. A State Dislocated Worker Unit Coordinator can provide more information on notice requirements in a specific area.
DOL has no enforcement role in seeking damages for workers who did not receive adequate notice of a layoff or received no notice at all. However, they can assist workers in finding a new job or learning about training opportunities that are available.


19 posted on 09/29/2012 10:19:19 PM PDT by libertarian27 (Check my profile page for the FReeper Online Cookbook 2011)
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To: USNBandit
The only problem is there are SO MANY topics to bring up at the debates and with the moron moderators they've chosen, I'm afraid Romney won't get a word in! Maybe that's Obama’s strategy: completely F up everything so it can't possibly all be debated or made into commercials!
20 posted on 09/30/2012 12:18:49 AM PDT by MacMattico
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