any president since World War II," says Washington Post Fact Checker Glenn Kessler. Posted by: EPU | October 2, 2012, 9:53 am 9:53 am Contractors had been planning to send out notices because of the WARN Act -- Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act -- which according to the Department of Labor requires "most employers with 100 or more employees to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of plant closings and mass layoffs." -Mary Bruce So Federal law requires this, but Obama is telling them not to? Wouldn't this be illegal and unconstitutional? Posted by: Larry | October 2, 2012, 9:58 am 9:58 am READ BEFORE CRITICIZING: In July the Labor Department issued legal guidance making clear that federal contractors are NOT required to provide layoff notices 60 days in advance of the potential Jan. 2 sequestration order, and that doing so would be inconsistent with the purpose of the WARN Act. In Friday's memo, the Office of Management and Budget reiterated that notice, urging agencies' contracting officials and CFOs to "minimize the potential for waste and disruption associated with the issuance of unwarranted layoff notices." The guidance issued Friday told contractors that if the automatic cuts happen and contractors lay off employees the government will cover certain liability and litigation costs in the event the contractor is later sued because it hadn't provided adequate legal warning to its employees, but only if the contractor abides by the administration's notice and refrains from warning employees now. Labor Department and