News & Analysis as of

Notice Requirements Layoffs Employment Litigation

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Federal Lawsuit in New York Raises Questions About Remote Workers’ Rights Under State WARN Laws

The media companies Paramount Global and CBS Interactive, Inc., are facing a class-action lawsuit in federal court over recent layoffs, which allegedly occurred without the proper warning. The outcome of the case may shed...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Detail Matters: Recent Court Decision Finds Insufficient Information Limits Employer Reliance on WARN Exceptions

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

A federal bankruptcy court held that an employer cannot rely on the “unforeseeable business circumstances” or “faltering company” exceptions to the federal Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) Act’s 60-day advance...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

I’m WARNing You… Maybe? Bankruptcy Court Considers Exception to Layoff Notice Statute

The federal Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification Act (the WARN Act), generally requires that employers give workers 60 days’ written notice of any plant closings or mass layoffs. If employers do not comply with this...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fourth Circuit Says Employer Must Give WARN Notice for Delay in Plant Closing

The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) requires employers to provide 60 days’ advance notice to employees of qualifying mass layoffs or plant closures. WARN regulations require that the notice...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Twitter Sued for Alleged Violations of Federal and State WARN Acts

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on

Are you confused about the lawsuit filed on November 3, 2022 against Twitter claiming that its recent and impending layoffs violate the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the “WARN Act”) and state...more

Dentons

Frequently Asked WARN Act Notice Questions

Dentons on

The WARN Act requires businesses to give employees notice of a large-scale layoff. Who receives the notice and when can be confusing. Here are three common questions about WARN notices....more

Dentons

Warnings about the WARN Act: COVID Edition

Dentons on

Businesses operating in Iowa need to take into consideration both the Federal WARN Act, which applies to companies with 100 or more employees, as well as the Iowa Layoff Notification Law, or the Iowa Mini-WARN, which applies...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

COVID-19–Driven Layoffs Are Not a ‘Natural Disaster’ Under WARN Act, Fifth Circuit Rules

In the first ruling from a federal appellate court examining COVID-19–related layoffs and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held in Easom v. US Well Services,...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fifth Circuit Says "WARN" Act Natural Disaster Exception Does Not Include COVID-19 Pandemic

The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires covered employers to provide employees with 60 days’ advance notice of a plant closing or mass layoff. WARN contains an exception from this notice...more

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,...

Ontario Appellate Court Ruling Leaves Employers Waiting for Determination on Interpretation of COVID-19 Leave Provisions

Employers in Ontario have been waiting for clarification on the interpretation of COVID-19 leave provisions throughout much of the pandemic. Employers had hoped that the Court of Appeal’s decision in Taylor v Hanley...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Fourth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of WARN Suit Against Non-Employer Project Owner

The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to provide employees with 60 days advance notice of a plant closing or mass layoff. On Tuesday in an unreported decision, the Fourth...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

WARN Act Ruling Poses Challenge for Employers Conducting Pandemic-Related Layoffs

The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act generally requires employers of more than 100 total employees to provide at least 60 days’ advance notice if they are terminating at least 50 employees or...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Federal Court in Florida Issues Decision in COVID-19 Related WARN Case 

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) litigation is gearing up in the wake of millions of COVID-19 related layoffs that took place in 2020. The Federal WARN Act applies to employers with 100 or more...more

Benesch

The WARN Act and COVID-19 Litigation: Early Signs

Benesch on

On January 4, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida ruled that neither the “natural disaster” exception nor the “unforeseeable business circumstance” exception warranted dismissal of a WARN Act...more

Fisher Phillips

Fair WARNing: COVID-19 WARN Act Class Action Filed Against Hooters

Fisher Phillips on

It took less than a month for the plaintiffs’ bar to seize upon what is likely to be the first of many COVID-19-related class action lawsuits alleging violations of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, also...more

Carlton Fields

Recession Preparation 101: Plan for Potential Layoffs Ahead of Time

Carlton Fields on

The economy is strong. Unemployment continues to hover around 4%, the lowest it has been in decades. Yet there are growing concerns that a recession is coming. Originally published in HR Daily Advisor....more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Be Fore-WARNed: California Really Is Peculiar

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth synopsis: Companies contemplating a mass layoff must comply with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. In California, alas, companies must also consider the even more stringent requirements...more

BCLP

You’ve Been Warned: California’s WARN Act Is Broader Than the Federal Warn Act

BCLP on

As with so many other situations involving California’s employment laws, its protection for California-based employees experiencing a job loss is broader than the protections under federal law. In The International...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Short-Term Layoffs Require Advance Notice Under California WARN

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: Like the Federal WARN Act, California’s WARN Act (Cal-WARN) requires employers to notify employees of certain covered layoffs that will affect them. The California Court of Appeal has now confirmed that...more

19 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide