The Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”) generally requires large employers to provide 60 days’ advance notice to employees before instituting a “plant closing” or “mass layoff” affecting 50 or more people at a single site of employment. However, there are various other provisions of the WARN Act that relax
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New York Department of Labor Revises its WARN Act Regulations Yet Again
By Michael N. Morea on
Posted in Employment Policies and Practices
As explained in our April 7, 2010 post, earlier this year the New York Department of Labor (NY DOL) issued substantial revisions to the regulations governing the New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (NY WARN). In July, the NY DOL issued new rules, which replace the former ones and are effective immediately.…
Are You Prepared for a Possible Mass Layoff Under New York’s Revised WARN Act Regulations?
The New York Department of Labor (NY DOL) recently issued substantial revisions to the regulations governing the New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (NY WARN). NY WARN, like the federal WARN Act, requires employers, in certain circumstances, to give employees advanced written notice of a mass layoff or plant closing. The NY WARN…