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0 pointsevantbyrne2y ago0 comments

Legally, they are supposed to treat mass firings differently than just individual firings. WARN act would require advanced notice for firing of 50 or more persons from a location. The location of travel/remote employees would be their nearest office.

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jerlam2y ago

WARN act only applies to layoffs, and doesn't apply at all to firings.

evantbyrneOP2y ago

Wrong. The WARN act does not differentiate between mass firings and mass layoffs of full-time workers. Requirements change once certain firing thresholds are crossed. Firing enough people to cross those thresholds, telling them individually that they are being fired for performance reasons, and not giving advanced notice would be a clear violation. https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ETA/Layoff/pdfs/Worke...

jerlam2y ago

Thanks, I see it now. The document you linked describes three applicable situations for layoffs, but then goes back and says those situations also apply for a bunch of things which are not layoffs.

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jerlam2y ago

WARN act only applies to layoffs, and doesn't apply at all to firings.

evantbyrneOP2y ago

jerlam2y ago

Thanks, I see it now. The document you linked describes three applicable situations for layoffs, but then goes back and says those situations also apply for a bunch of things which are not layoffs.

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