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Search results for "Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act" ...
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Without warning
After an employee of a trucking company received a letter stating he no longer had a job and benefits, he found out the company was closing its doors. The company was in violation of the Warn Act, which requires companies to give their employees thirty days notice before shutting down. A number of companies have left other employees without a job and without notice. This is happening due to the poor economic conditions across the nation.
Tags: Sam Vaughn; employment; federal law; business; paycheck; Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act; worker rights; layoffs
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Without Warning
The Blade looks at how workers are fired or laid-off without warning, despite the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
Tags: worker; union; WARN act; layoff; plant closing; legislation; Congress;