§ 2103. — Exemptions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 29USC2103]
TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 23--WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION
Sec. 2103. Exemptions
This chapter shall not apply to a plant closing or mass layoff if--
(1) the closing is of a temporary facility or the closing or
layoff is the result of the completion of a particular project or
undertaking, and the affected employees were hired with the
understanding that their employment was limited to the duration of
the facility or the project or undertaking; or
(2) the closing or layoff constitutes a strike or constitutes a
lockout not intended to evade the requirements of this chapter.
Nothing in this chapter shall require an employer to serve written
notice pursuant to section 2102(a) of this title when permanently
replacing a person who is deemed to be an economic striker under the
National Labor Relations Act [29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.]: Provided, That
nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to validate or invalidate
any judicial or administrative ruling relating to the hiring of
permanent replacements for economic strikers under the National
Labor Relations Act.
(Pub. L. 100-379, Sec. 4, Aug. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 892.)
References in Text
The National Labor Relations Act, referred to in par. (2), is act
July 5, 1935, ch. 372, 49 Stat. 452, as amended, which is classified
generally to subchapter II (Sec. 151 et seq.) of chapter 7 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section
167 of this title and Tables.
