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 requirement, then workers can recover backpay.
A recent decision from the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware addressed
This week, the Sixth Circuit weighed in on what it identified as an “unusual” case involving the seldom-seen Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. The WARN Act requires employers to provide at least 60 days written notice to affected employees before a mass layoff. The statute defines a mass layoff to include an “employment