
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, July 3, 1994                   TAG: 9511160073
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: F3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FRANK SWOBODA THE WASHINGTON POST
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RULINGS COULD CHANGE HOW FIRMS TELL WORKERS OF DOWNSIZING PLANS

At what point does a company have to tell its employees that it plans to downsize and may offer a buyout incentive to get them to leave?

That moment may be a lot sooner than most employers expect, because a series of court rulings has concluded that federal pension law requires a company to tell its employees tha moment management enters into "serious" discussions about a possible downsizing po "reengineering" plan.

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