Fair WARNing – Failure to provide layoff notice may land you in court

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Abstract: The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires employers to notify employees at least 60 days before a mass layoff. This article describes a Sixth Circuit decision about whether a seizure of the employer’s products — which led to layoffs — was unforeseeable, or whether the employer violated the WARN Act. A sidebar summarizes a similar case where the Eighth Circuit made a different ruling.