I was Rif’d today. California in-office employee. I am only getting thru April 10th. I am not a remote worker. How am I not eligible for WARN?
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While the federal WARN Act does not explicitly define "remote" employees, California regulations and case law (such as Hoover v. Drivetrain) treat remote workers as "outstationed" employees, meaning their home is not automatically their single site of employment unless they have no physical nexus to a company office. If a remote employee receives assignments from, reports to, or is assigned to a specific physical office, that office is considered their single site of employment for WARN notice purposes.
@OP Here's the neat thing! If you give the employees severance its a legal loophole that doesn't require the WARN, along with several others but that's not something we all care about. Welcome to MegaCorp law, this is all perfectly legal
California WARN triggers when there is 50+ people laid off in the same location.
How many people was let go at your location?