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Obama executive order on labor rights [White House]
January 30, 2009 11:55:00 pm

Nondisplacement of qualified workers under service contracts, US President Barack Obama, January 30, 2009, [requiring government contractors who take over a service contract from an existing provider to retain qualified employees of the previous provider]. Read the full text of the executive order [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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