Re: Midrange Computing Closed -- MIDRANGE-L

        Most labour laws are slanted in favour of the darling
corporations.Money flows upward, like hot air.
        Justice it seems is blinded by money.
        When you contact a solicitor, his thoughts are typically, how much the
corporation is going to mail him, to blow you away....
        Unethical you say; well welcome to the world.
        My suggestion to anyone dumped out, is to hunker down,work hard at
obtaining new employment, and trust in God!and your friends.
        The situation here in Canada is typically worse; because of all the
American owned firms here.When the budget strings are pulled a lot of
people are badly hurt.
        I think the people worse hit, are the ones who honestly believed they
had a job for life.
Ken


MacWheel99@aol.com wrote:
> 
> >  Al Barsa said:
> >  > All of
> >  > the employees were terminated yesterday, and they're all
> >  > looking for jobs now.  They got no severance, or anything.
> 
> MccalliM@Midas-Kapiti.com  asks
> >  Is that legal in the States?  It wouldn't be here (UK) -- at least for
> >  employees who had  two years+ service.
> 
> It is possible that they are in violation of state law & will be fined
> humongous bucks, especially if someone makes sure to inform the State's
> Attorney General what they did.  (hint hint)
> 
> In most states of the USA, when a company plans to shut down their
> operations, they are required by law to inform all their employees 60-90 days
> in advance (how many days varies with the state) and also to notify the state
> that they will be doing this, because the state is going to suffer a big ding
> on their unemployment compensation, and a reduction in their payroll taxes,
> and states like to budget in advance so there will be no surprises.
> 
> If the company's total work force is sufficiently small, the state government
> may be oblivious to the fact that the company is in violation of what laws.
> After all, US laws are so complicated that it takes a lawyer specialist to
> figure them out, which are too expensive to be populated in many government
> beaurocracies.
> 
> It is possible that the fines that will be imposed on the company will
> obliterate the profits that they made for the last few years.  However, this
> does not help the employees who got the shaft.
> 
> This is why the process of closing an enterprise requires legal advice from
> lawyers who are expert in the rules for the particular state & other levels
> of government where the company is located.
> 
> MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)
> 
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Ken Shields
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