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Re:Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power by dehrmann on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:44PM (#34583479)
They're often kept on as employees to satisfy the WARN act. This isn't actually severance, and they're not actually unemployed at that point.
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Re:Big Tech is using layoffs to crush worker power by chimeracoder on Monday January 30, 2023 @12:47PM (#34583533)
> They're often kept on as employees to satisfy the WARN act. This isn't actually severance, and they're not actually unemployed at that point.

No, BLS does consider them as unemployed.

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