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To: Jon Tara who wrote (565)	2/13/2001 1:42:41 AM
From: Cheeky Kid	Respond to of 808

Everything cycles.

To: Jon Tara who wrote (565)	2/13/2001 9:47:02 AM
From: (Bob) Zumbrunnen	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 808

A company has to give 2 months notice to employees who are being layed-off, or else pay 2 months severence pay in lieu of that. (I thought that this was just a California law, but somebody else here said that they thought that this is a federal law.) It's apparently not Washington law, so I doubt it's Federal. I've learned recently from a few lawyers that most or all of these laws are state laws.

To: Jon Tara who wrote (565)	2/13/2001 10:50:27 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 808

Know one thing....If anyone were seriously interested in buying their stock, or going to work for the company, one might wonder about their hiring practices....How do you just hire "several hundred" people who aren't right for the job...One can see a few, but "several hundred"???? "As a matter of course, we let people go who we don't think fit the business going forward," Frederickson said.

To: Jon Tara who wrote (565)	2/13/2001 11:22:06 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 808

I was wondering about the motivation behind these "stealth layoffs," and what you say makes sense. There is a federal law involved in mass layoffs, but it only requires two months notice, not severance pay. >> Are You A Part Of A Plant Closing Or Mass Layoff? Plant closings and mass layoffs drastically affect and often displace workers' lives. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) requires that employers give notice to employees who face a plant closing or mass layoff, so that employees have a chance to find another job, get additional training, and adjust to the loss of employment. WARN requires employers to give employees a 60-day notice before closing a plant or conducting mass layoffs. WARN also requires employers to notify state dislocated-worker units, if there are any, so that the state can provide assistance to the laid off workers. WARN applies to employers with 100 or more employees who work more than 20 hours a week. Federal, state and local governments are not covered. A plant closing occurs when: a facility or operating unit is shut down for more than six months or 50 or more employees lose their jobs during any 30-day period at a single site of employment. A mass layoff occurs when a layoff of six months or longer affects: 500 or more workers or 33 percent of the employer's workforce.<< mycounsel.com