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Employment Law Guide - Notices for Plant Closings and Mass Layoffs
WARN protects workers, their families, and communities by requiring employers to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of plant closings and mass layoffs. Advance notice gives workers and their families some transition time to adjust to the prospective loss of employment, to seek and obtain other jobs and, if necessary, to enter skill training or retraining that will allow these workers to compete successfully in the job market. WARN also provides for notice to state dislocated worker units so that they can promptly offer dislocated worker assistance.
Notices and Posters
There are no workplace poster requirements under the WARN Act.
Employers do have notice requirements under the WARN Act.
If an employer orders a plant closing or mass layoff, it is required to provide notification to the employees or their representatives, the state dislocated worker units, (so that they can promptly offer dislocated worker assistance), and the chief elected officials of local governments.
Notices to employees or their representatives. WARN requires employers to notify either the individual employees affected by a plant closing or mass layoff or their representatives at least 60 calendar days prior to any planned plant closing or mass layoff. If employees are terminated on different dates, the date of the first individual termination within the statutory 30-day or 90-day period triggers the 60-day notice requirement.
Notices to representatives. These notices must contain the following:
The name and address of the employment site where the plant closing or mass layoff will occur, and the name and telephone number of a company official to contact for further information
A statement about whether the planned action is expected to be permanent or temporary and, if the entire plant is to be closed, a statement to that effect
The expected date of the first separation and the anticipated schedule for making separations
The job titles of positions to be affected and the names of the workers currently holding affected jobs
Exactly...planned. Have any of the numerous defense contractors planned a massive layoff? If so, where are the news reports about such?
They've been planning it for a long time! Do you think they were going to send out lay off notices for an unplanned lay off?
Which ones have planned a layoff or plant closing? Per the letter of the law, if they HAVE in fact planned it, they must send out letters to employees 60 days prior to their implementation.