Gannett has officially notified Honolulu Advertiser employees they will be terminated when the newspaper’s sale to Honolulu Star-Bulletin owner David Black’s Oahu Publications, Inc. closes, which is expected to occur between April 12 and April 30, 2010.
The notice came in a letter to employees dated March 9, 2010, “Re: Notice of Potential Closing”, signed by Gannett Pacific President Lee Webber.
According to the letter, employees will have no “bumping rights” when “terminated upon the closing of the sale”, and “may be eligible for a dislocated worker allowance under state law”.
However, all employees of The Honolulu Advertiser, with the exception of certain excluded employees, will be offered employment by a management services company working on contract for OPI and which will be contracted to provide services for the continued publication of The Honolulu Advetiser.
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Is this a plant closure/shutdown that would require the 60 day notice under the WARN act or Hawaii Dislocated Workers act?
By my count, that’s only 50 days at most.
There are so many things that bother me about this, having grown up as a newspaper reader. I hope Hawaii can help the people who lose their jobs.
Will they be “offered employment” with comparable pay and benefits, or will they be offered dirt to take or leave?
Will management be working for the “new company,” or be tossed immediately?
What about Webber himself? And 1st Lt. Frag?