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How Were You Fired?
IanBevan asks: "A couple of years ago, the company I was working for was taken over by a larger competitor. I was told, right up until the last minute, that my development job was safe. Shortly thereafter, our illustrious team leader issued a new project plan, and I discovered that all my tasks were suddenly due to finish in about one week's time. Not being a great believer in coincidence, I asked my boss if there was 'anything he would like to tell me'. Of course, there was. Looking back this seems quite amusing now, but it could certainly have been better handled by the PHBs. I was just wondering, how have other Slashdot readers discovered that they have become 'surplus to requirements'?"
MOD THIS ONE UP..
#6 is just too funny and appropriate for the setting.
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Short of it is: If more than X amount of people get fired you need X amount of days notification.
WARN ACT; PUBLIC LAW 100-379
SECTION I. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE. -- This Act may be cited as the " Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act".
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS. -- The table of contents is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Definitions; exclusions from definition of loss of employment.
Sec. 3. Notice required before plant closings and mass layoffs.
Sec. 4. Exemptions.
Sec. 5. Administration and enforcement of requirements.
Sec. 6. Procedures in addition to other rights of employees.
Sec. 7. Procedures encouraged where not required.
Sec. 8. Authority to prescribe regulations.
Sec. 9. Effect on other laws.
Sec. 10. Report on employment and international competitiveness.
Sec. 11. Effective date.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS; EXCLUSIONS FROM DEFINITION OF LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT.
(a) DEFINITIONS. -- As used in this Act --
(1) the term "employer" means any business enterprise that employs --
(A) 100 or more employees, excluding part-time employees; or
(B) 100 or more employees who in the aggregate work at least 4,000 hours per week (exclusive of hours of overtime);
(2) the term "plant closing" means the permanent or temporary shutdown of a single site of employment, or one or more facilities or operating units within a single site of employment, if the shutdown results in an employment loss at the single site of employment during any 30-day period for 50 or more employees excluding any part-time employees;
(3) the term "mass layoff" means a reduction in force which --
(A) is not the result of a plant closing; and
(B) results in an employment loss at the single site of employment during any 30-day period for --
(i)(I) at least 33 percent of the employees (excluding any part-time employees); and
(II) at least 50 employees (excluding any part-time employees); or
(ii) at least 500 employees (excluding any part-time employees);
(4) the term "representative" means an exclusive representative of employees within the meaning of section 9(a) or 8(f) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159(a), 158(f)) or section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152);
(5) the term "affected employees" means employees who may reasonably be expected to experience an employment loss as a consequence of a proposed plant closing or mass layoff by their employer;
(6) subject to subsection (b), the term "employment loss" means
(A) an employment termination, other than a discharge for cause, voluntary departure, or retirement,
(B) a layoff exceeding 6 months, or
(C) a reduction in hours of work of more than 50 percent during each month of any 6-month period;
(7) the term "unit of local government" means any general purpose political subdivision of a state which has the power to levy taxes and spend funds, as well as general corporate and police powers; and
(8) the term "part-time employee" means an employee who is employed for an average of fewer than 20 hours per week or who has been employed for fewer than 6 of the 12 months preceding the date on which notice is required.
(b) EXCLUSIONS FROM DEFINITION OF EMPLOYMENT LOSS. --
(1) In the case of a sale of part or all of an employer's business, the seller shall be responsible for providing notice for any plant closing or mass layoff in accordance with section 3 of this Act, up to and including the effective date of the sale. After the effective date of the sale of part or all of an employer's business, the purchaser shall be responsible for providing notice for any plant closing or mass layoff in accordance with section 3 of this Act. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, any person who is an employee of the seller (other