There are many posts about RIFs and advice often posted on social media is to watch WARN trackers. I checked several major states and don’t see many, if any, Elevance notices. But I know people in some of those states were RIFed and given the 60-day notice. (Everyone was remote so I checked physical state and IN.)
Has anyone ever actually been tipped off with the WARN trackers, specifically for Elevance?
https://www.theretirementgroup.com/featured-article/5448073/youve-been-laid-off-from-elevance-health-how-much-severance
The WARN notices seem to have a requirement based on a certain amount of employees in a given office. I wonder if that is why they required people, even those that have always been remote to return to an office. That ups the total headcount of employees "in office" which then allows them to layoff and stay under the WARN threshold. But of course, the in-office requirement caused people to leave.
@a8 The 90-Day "Look-Back" and "Look-Forward"
The most powerful tool against sequential firing is the 90-day aggregation period.
The Rule: If a company conducts multiple rounds of layoffs within any 90-day window, and each round is too small to trigger WARN on its own, the law adds them together.
The Result: If the total number of people let go over those 90 days hits the threshold (e.g., 50 people for Federal or 25 for Illinois), the company is usually considered in violation unless they can prove the layoffs were for "separate and distinct" reasons.
WARN notices are not required in every state. Also there is a threshold number of associates that require a WARN notice in states that do require one. Elevance, having associates across many states is able to strategically lay off many times under WARN number requirements and/or lay off in states that do not require a WARN notice. There are people I know that were located in CA that were affected after a WARN notice but I have not heard of it being effective for any other state. This is due to CA strict labor laws.
As mentioned, the company strategically designs layoffs to avoid WARN notices.
I have only known of a couple WARN state reports that gave folks a heads up. Most of the time, the company purposely keeps the head cut count below the threshold, so they don't have to file to the state. That is why there are so many rifs throughout the year. Is the company purposely targeting employees that live over 50 miles from an office or employees that received a questionable exception to not report into an office that is within 50 miles of where they live? I don't know which I have more pity for, those that are riffed or those few left that have to pick up all of the work and will be worked into an early grave.