Contract employees get a weeks notice or being laid off per the contract. You would be amazed at how many injuries come up in that one week. As an employee, you know it can come at anytime, nothing is given.
Officials, on the other hand are given an immediate notice. Most time, the Police are called to make sure nothing happens on the way out the door, such as an injury. They have learned from the past, injuries "happen" on the way out. As an Official, you know in the back of your mind, business direction can change and again, nothing is ever a given.
In my 37 years, in the beginning, I was laid off several times, and as a Supervisor, I had to do it more than I liked.
