WARN Notice – what does it mean ?
I have been asked this question a number of times … enough times to warrant a blog.
The WARN Act helps ensure advance notice in cases of qualified plant closings and mass layoffs. Applicable only to employers with 100 or more full-time employees who must have been employed for at least 6 months of the 12 months preceding the date of required notice in order to be counted. (29 USC 2101 and 20 CFR 639.3).
Plant closings involving 50 or more employees during a 30-day period. Layoffs within a 30-day period involving 50 to 499 full-time employees constituting at least 33% of the full-time workforce at a single site of employment. Layoffs of 500 of more are covered regardless of percentage of workforce. (29 USC, et seq., 2101 and 20 CFR 639.3). An employer who violates the WARN provisions is liable to each employee for an amount equal to back pay and benefits for the period of the violation, up to 60 days, but no more than half the number of days the employee was employed by the employer. [29 USC; 2104 (a)].
The U.S. Department of Labor has issued these guides to provide workers with an overview of their rights and responsibilities under the provisions of the WARN Act.
Here is the WARN guide to Employees
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