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The Obama administration issued new guidance intended for defense
contractors Friday afternoon, reiterating the administration’s position
that the companies should not be issuing layoff notices over
sequestration. The Labor Department issued guidance in July saying it
would be “inappropriate” for contractors to issue notices of potential
layoffs tied to sequestration cuts. But a few contractors, most notably
Lockheed Martin, said they still were considering whether to issue the
notices — which would be sent out just days before the November
election.
But the Friday
guidance from the Office of Management and Budget raised the stakes in
the dispute, telling contractors that they would be compensated for
legal costs if layoffs occur due to contract cancellations under
sequestration — but only if the contractors follow the Labor guidance.
The guidance said that if plant closings or mass layoffs occur under
sequestration, then “employee compensation costs for [Worker Adjustment
and Retraining Notification] WARN act liability as determined by a
court” would be paid for covered by the contracting federal agency.
Senate Republicans, who accused the White House of trying to hide job
losses after the first guidance, said Friday that the new OMB statement
“puts politics ahead of American workers.”
“The Obama
Administration is cynically trying to skirt the WARN Act to keep the
American people in the dark about this looming national security and
fiscal crisis,” Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and
Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) said in a statement.
“The president
should insist that companies act in accordance with the clearly stated
law and move forward with the layoff notices.” The fight over WARN Act
notices began in June when Lockheed Martin CEO Bob Stevens said his
company might send the notices to all 123,000 of its employees.
Some companies were hesitant to follow Lockheed, but several others
told McCain in letters earlier this month they might send the notices,
too, despite the Labor Department guidance.
But the new
guidance would appear to address one of the chief concerns from the
companies — that they could be liable to compensate employees who were
laid off if the companies don’t issue the notices.
The GOP
senators complained, however, that this tactic would push the cost of
the layoffs onto taxpayers. A Lockheed Martin spokeswoman told The Hill
that the company is still reviewing the documents. source- The Hill
For every year that Obama has been president, 1.3 TRILLION dollars has been added to the US National Debt.
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Obama is not working
The Obama administration issued new guidance intended for defense contractors Friday afternoon, reiterating the administration’s position that the companies should not be issuing layoff notices over sequestration. The Labor Department issued guidance in July saying it would be “inappropriate” for contractors to issue notices of potential layoffs tied to sequestration cuts. But a few contractors, most notably Lockheed Martin, said they still were considering whether to issue the notices — which would be sent out just days before the November election.
But the Friday
guidance from the Office of Management and Budget raised the stakes in
the dispute, telling contractors that they would be compensated for
legal costs if layoffs occur due to contract cancellations under
sequestration — but only if the contractors follow the Labor guidance.
The guidance said that if plant closings or mass layoffs occur under sequestration, then “employee compensation costs for [Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification] WARN act liability as determined by a court” would be paid for covered by the contracting federal agency.
Senate Republicans, who accused the White House of trying to hide job losses after the first guidance, said Friday that the new OMB statement “puts politics ahead of American workers.”
“The Obama Administration is cynically trying to skirt the WARN Act to keep the American people in the dark about this looming national security and fiscal crisis,” Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) said in a statement.
“The president should insist that companies act in accordance with the clearly stated law and move forward with the layoff notices.” The fight over WARN Act notices began in June when Lockheed Martin CEO Bob Stevens said his company might send the notices to all 123,000 of its employees.
Some companies were hesitant to follow Lockheed, but several others told McCain in letters earlier this month they might send the notices, too, despite the Labor Department guidance.
But the new guidance would appear to address one of the chief concerns from the companies — that they could be liable to compensate employees who were laid off if the companies don’t issue the notices.
The GOP senators complained, however, that this tactic would push the cost of the layoffs onto taxpayers. A Lockheed Martin spokeswoman told The Hill that the company is still reviewing the documents. source- The Hill
For every year that Obama has been president, 1.3 TRILLION dollars has been added to the US National Debt.
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The guidance said that if plant closings or mass layoffs occur under sequestration, then “employee compensation costs for [Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification] WARN act liability as determined by a court” would be paid for covered by the contracting federal agency.
Senate Republicans, who accused the White House of trying to hide job losses after the first guidance, said Friday that the new OMB statement “puts politics ahead of American workers.”
“The Obama Administration is cynically trying to skirt the WARN Act to keep the American people in the dark about this looming national security and fiscal crisis,” Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) said in a statement.
“The president should insist that companies act in accordance with the clearly stated law and move forward with the layoff notices.” The fight over WARN Act notices began in June when Lockheed Martin CEO Bob Stevens said his company might send the notices to all 123,000 of its employees.
Some companies were hesitant to follow Lockheed, but several others told McCain in letters earlier this month they might send the notices, too, despite the Labor Department guidance.
But the new guidance would appear to address one of the chief concerns from the companies — that they could be liable to compensate employees who were laid off if the companies don’t issue the notices.
The GOP senators complained, however, that this tactic would push the cost of the layoffs onto taxpayers. A Lockheed Martin spokeswoman told The Hill that the company is still reviewing the documents. source- The Hill
For every year that Obama has been president, 1.3 TRILLION dollars has been added to the US National Debt.
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