Consistently they've been able to not report major layoffs nor give people more than 30 days notice. I know the legal team is weighty and well-compensated, so they are clearly within the law, but I've never understood how.
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Ah, that makes total sense. I've always wondered how they manage to escape creating headlines with these frequent layoffs, but this makes sense. The 500 person threshold probably saves them a lot of trouble.
I love how they get to crow to shareholders about their "administrative reductions" while not taking the heat of the headlines with the general public.
I'm not an attorney, but from what I've read, there are several loopholes. If they aren't laying off 500 people at one worksite, it doesn't apply, for example. I also think that by giving the 30 days notice of a layoff, plus severance (or SUP), they are allowed to bypass the warn notice. I'm sure there are others.
You didn't think they gave plenty of notice and paid SUP pay out of the goodness of their hearts, did you?
I was wondering the same thing. I don’t see a warn notice out for my state.