Can ANYONE explain to me like I'm five how mass- firing meetings of 100-200 people at a time and a bloodbath this large don't violate the WARN Act? How is this legal?

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I mean report it. Do you think this government that just approved this deal is going to help you in court?

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NYS could

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I was wondering this same thing.

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There needs to be more than 33% of a company let go all at once.

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AD1-that would only be when a plant closes.

Here’s what constitutes a violation:

- A plant closing that results in an employment loss for 50 or more employees in a 30-day period.

- A mass layoff in which at least 50 employees are laid off and constitute at least 33% of the workforce, or if 500 or more employees are laid off, regardless of the percentage. (IPG and Omnicom has over 130,000 employees combined and the layoffs are most likely spread out so no one single company in the network is losing 500 people.)

- An employment loss from a temporary layoff that becomes permanent or is extended beyond six months

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Not a 100% sure how antitrust laws work in the U.S. but can they apply to a merger like this?

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Not once you’ve successfully bribed the president

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There are staggered end dates. It’s legal because they are giving a percentage the 30 day warning.

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Ahhh yes, the “staggering” some have said…

For NYS WARN it’s 33% OR 250 employees laid off at a site in NY within 30 days. NYS DOL (WARN@labor.ny.gov) should be contacted to file a WARN complaint to investigate Omnicom as layoffs were massive. It should be 90 days pay and 3 months benefits. Omnicom has cut corners on PTO payouts, severance policy cap, holidays, and other benefits and policies. I’m sure they cut corners here!

You'd need a sturdy manager and a bit of an egoist to get up there and sack the lot of them..... Warning is a shy too little , shizzle

Does anybody really think the lawyers for Omnicom and IPG haven’t figured out a way to skirt the WARN issue?

Wait I’m in FCB Canada and haven’t heard this happening here ( we don’t have w numbers to begin with)
Were people in FCB NY mass let go on zoom ??

Damn that’s so awful, very sorry to all affected. That’s just beyond gross.

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