by Rebecca Sipowicz and Darrell R. VanDeusen, Kollman & Saucier, PA
Summary
This guide provides an overview of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, outlining the requirements for employers to give advance notice to employees affected by plant closings or mass layoffs. It discusses the criteria for employer coverage, triggering events and notice requirements, along with exemptions and exceptions under the Act.
In this guide, learn about:
- WARN Act
- Employer coverage
- Triggering events
- Notice requirements
- Exemptions from notice requirements
- Exceptions to advance notice requirements
- Notice distribution requirements
- Additional notice
- Effect of other laws and agreements
- Penalties and enforcement
- Penalties and enforcement
- Alternatives to layoffs
- Furloughs
- Voluntary attrition programs
- Identifying job-related criteria for layoff selection
- Pre-layoff planning and preparation
- Future developments
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About the authors
Rebecca Sipowicz
Rebecca Sipowicz is an attorney with over ten years of experience in civil litigation and employment law. She has extensive experience managing complex litigation such as class actions and residential mortgage litigation, including without limitation, servicing claims, complex contested foreclosures, complex contested evictions, adversary complaints, and affirmative actions.
Ms. Sipowicz has written about business tort law in Massachusetts and has also been published on various antitrust law topics. She received her BA, with distinction, from the University of Virginia in 1998 and her JD from the University of Michigan Law School in 2001.
Darrell R. VanDeusen
Darrell R. VanDeusen has over 30 years of experience as a management side labor and employment lawyer. He has extensive experience working with public and private sector employers that confront union organizing, collective bargaining, contract management and arbitration.
Mr. VanDeusen has also taught employment law, employment discrimination law, and legal writing at the University of Baltimore Law School. He regularly writes on labor and employment law, and his treatise on the FMLA, available through LexisNexis, has been cited by federal appellate courts as authoritative on the subject.