I just carefully read the Warn Act section on on federal Dept of Labor website. If 500 or more full-time employees at a single site during a 30-day period are laid off, the company is required by law to have given 60 days’ notice to affected workers. If the enterprise does not comply, it can face consequences including 60 days of back pay and benefits to each affected employee. A class-action lawsuit by affected employees can be filed thru US district courts. No doubt UHG/uhC/Optum get around this by laying off 499 people instead of 500! But keep tabs on numbers of layoffs per site. If not in compliance, bring it to the attention of a lawyer and/or file a complaint w state or federal Labor Dept.
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The “Devil” is in the details... demons run healthcare & most of the govt. Jesus is the way! Make sure you are right with the Lord! This whole perverted system is falling down. #UnitedHealthcare #Optum 30,000 American jobs lost to Ireland, India & Philippine workers...
Comments calling people derogatory names are not helpful to others who are trying to receive valid information. Unfortunately, there is nothing that the Department of Labor can do for this situation as it does not apply to the WARN act. It only applies in case of plant closings where they have to give 60 day notice to assist families in securing and retraining at other jobs. Good luck to all of you. I am pleased to have been away from such a toxic workplace. There are other companies who would be glad to hire any of you. Dust yourself off and move forward. Peace to all of you.
They are very careful that the numbers by site fall under this criteria. That's why they're spaced out over each quarter, and spread out across multiple sites. WARN act doesn't apply because of the way they do it.
Telecommuters are not cover under Warn Act. Home office equals your home/one employee.
@jwb Be quite. To all those let go, GO FILE NOW! federal Government has to look into it! The more that complain the better. Also, there is nothing that states you can’t pay for an ad in the Star Tribune and post it. Karma
Where’s the URL??
It’s 60 days notice or 60 days pay in lieu of notice. Most companies comply because the penalty is steep in certain states like CA and NY. And once a suit is filed all the other labor laws are reviewed, penalties are per employee.
The way they work around the WARN Act is telecommuters don't have an office. So, they can lay 600 or more. It has to be no more than 500 in one brick and mortar building.
You mo–ns SHOULD ALL BE FIRED... you don't even know how the warn act functions. I mean, I really can't believe the stupid advice that's being dispensed here. There's no penalty for compliance if they've paid you to your last day. That's why the company can lay 500 a month and not report it. While you mo–ns sit here, c—fighting and try to see who it's going to go tell the star Tribune first, the company is chopping all the dead wood. Keep it up folks. People like u put the fun in dysfunctional.
They are using all the legal loopholes they can which is why they are laying off a select number of people in different locations during each wave. They're doing all of this so they can avoid the WARN act provisions. I had lunch with my state senator last week and he's fully aware of what UHG is doing. He's had conversations with a lot of other former UHG employees over the past couple of months.
One thing I know UHG has a VERY conservative legal department - if they are doing layoffs they are aware of this and somehow working within any loopholes
Call and email WARN today!
WARN Act Info Line: 202-693-3079
warn.inquiries@dol.gov
WARN Act Info Line: 202-693-3079warn.inquiries@dol.gov