WARNing Signs When Building Your Post-Pandemic Workforce
DE Talk: QuaranDEAM Edition, Episode 1: Preparing for a Reduction in Force
Washington is the latest state to enact a Mini-Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) law. Effective July 27, 2025, the Securing Timely Notification and Benefits for Laid-Off Employees Act (SB 5525) imposes...more
Despite some recent positive signs for the U.S. economy, many companies still face the prospect of reductions in force (RIFs), which can be challenging and involve complex processes that require careful planning and...more
One year has passed since sweeping amendments to the New Jersey mini-WARN Act (officially known as the “Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act”) (NJ WARN) took effect on April 10, 2023. Mass layoff...more
At the end of June 2023, the New York Department of Labor (DOL) issued final amended regulations to the state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (NY WARN) Act. The amendments, which are now effective, impose...more
The New York State Department of Labor (NYS DOL) amended its Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (NY WARN) regulations, which took effect on June 21, 2023. Both NY WARN and its federal counterpart require covered businesses...more
On June 21, 2023, the New York State Department of Labor amended the New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (NY Mini-WARN Act). The updated regulations took effect immediately....more
The New Jersey WARN Act (“NJ WARN Act”) generally imposes certain obligations on employers before conducting a mass layoff or plant closure. Back in January of 2020, New Jersey made several amendments to the NJ WARN Act;...more
The New York State Department of Labor has published amended WARN regulations that provide guidance on a number of topics, including treatment of remote workers, applicability of exemptions, pay in lieu of notice, calculating...more
Compliance with the New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (NY WARN) Act just got harder (again). On June 21, 2023, the New York Department of Labor’s amendments to the NY WARN regulations took effect and some...more
The New York State Department of Labor issued final regulations making certain changes and additions to long-existing regulations regarding the New York WARN Act. As we reported previously, the revisions update the...more
On January 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 3170, which amended and greatly expanded New Jersey’s Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (“NJ WARN Act” or “Act”). The...more
In Short - The Situation: On January 10, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed A-4768, which started a 90-day countdown to the effective date of amendments (S-3170) to New Jersey's WARN Act, the Millville Dallas...more
On March 29, 2023, the New York Department of Labor announced a proposal to update the New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (NY WARN) Act regulations to provide clarification and conform to statutory changes...more
With the recent proliferation of Big Tech layoffs in California, it may be time for employers doing business in California to revisit the requirements surrounding the federal and state layoff laws. Employers that are covered...more
Most employers are generally familiar with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”), which offers protection to workers by requiring employers to provide notice sixty (60) days in advance of...more
On January 10, Governor Murphy signed Assembly Bill No. 4768, paving the way for a series of previously enacted amendments to New Jersey’s WARN Act, N.J.S.A. 34:21-1, et seq., (“NJ WARN Act” or the “Act”) to finally take...more
As featured in #WorkforceWednesday: This week, we explain how New Jersey’s WARN Act (officially known as the “Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act”) is set to become the strictest and most punitive in...more
As reported in our December client alert, the New Jersey Senate and New Jersey Assembly passed bills under which sweeping amendments to New Jersey's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (NJ WARN) would go into effect on the...more
Since January 2020, New Jersey employers have been watching and waiting for the effective date of key amendments to the state’s mass layoffs law – formally the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act, but...more
The wait is over. On January 10, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed bills S3162/A4768 into law thereby making April 10, 2023 the effective date for the sweeping amendments to the state’s WARN Act (“NJ WARN Act”),...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 10, 2023, NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a change in the effective date of the January 21, 2020 Amendments to New Jersey’s Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act"...more
In January 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 3170, which amended and significantly expanded employer obligations under the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (“NJ...more
On January 10, 2023, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed into law S3162 / A4768, which makes the 2020 amendments to NJ WARN effective 90 days from his signature, irrespective of whether a State of Emergency still exists....more
New Jersey has passed a bill to accelerate the effective date of amendments to the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act ("NJ WARN") passed in January 2020, which were originally scheduled to take effect...more
In the spirit of the season, we are using our annual "12 days of the holidays" blog series to address new California laws and their impact on California employers. On this tenth day of the holidays, my labor and employment...more