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Business/Financial

McCain, Graham To Industry: Ignore Admin, Issue Layoff Warnings

Julie Samuel

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

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Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) want Lockheed Martin [LMT] and other defense contractors to ignore the White House’s guidance and instead notify employees about potential layoffs spurred by possible “sequestration” budget cuts next year. The senators are upset by a Sept. 28 White House memo saying government contractors should not issue layoff warnings in line with the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, but that if the companies don’t send the notices and sequestration occurs the government will reimburse…

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