Does anyone know if those laid off will receive 2 months pay per the WARN act? My HR documentstated nothing about it. (Washington state former employee here asking )
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Check your state's requirements. The statement, "If 50-499 workers lose their jobs and that number is less than 33% of the employer’s total active workforce at a single site" is different in my state. In my state it is any percentage. It just needs to be >50. Single site is definded very broadly. Multiple offices a few hours apart are a single site. Also it doesn't matter if you get severance or not.
I have been laid off many times, gotten severance every tome and WARN has applied every time.
WARN is triggered when a covered employer:
• Lays off 500 or more workers (not counting part-time workers) at a sin- gle site of employment during a 30-day period; or lays off 50-499 work- ers (not counting part-time workers), and these layoffs constitute 33% of the employer’s total active workforce (not counting part-time work- ers) at the single site of employment;
WARN is also not triggered when the following various thresholds for coverage are not met:
• If 50-499 workers lose their jobs and that number is less than 33% of the employer’s total active workforce at a single site;
"single site"
If they provide severance they get out of the warn notifications in most (all) states.
They weasel their way around it my keeping counts to a minimum
good luck with that one pal. They know exactly how to get around it. They wacked me last November and when I called them on it, their lawyer got real snotty about it.