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Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
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Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
Informally called the WARN Act. Legislation in the United States, passed in 1988, that requires employers with more than 100 employees to provide at least 60 days notice before a mass layoff. The employer must also provide notice to local authorities, an employment transition organization and the labor union, if applicable. The WARN Act is intended to protect employees and allow them to look for other work during the 60 days.


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Workers will receive notice under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or WARN Act, and will be paid for 60 days, Savage said.
Legislative Fix Both houses of Congress are looking at versions of a statute called the Federal Oversight Reform and Enforcement of the WARN Act, or the Forewarn Act.
The defendants are seeking an unspecified amount of damages, but they want the first $10,950 of each of the class member's WARN Act claim to receive priority status in Affiliated's bankruptcy case.
 
 
 
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