This was back in January, so 60 days for a WARN, that's it. I am not impacted but we knew this for a while now.
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I am also in Richmond and my team was affected by layoffs. We were only hinted at possible personnel changes as in hiring freezes during the MMS quarterly meeting, and our managers reassured us we were well positioned.
As I understand it, McKesson was not required to issue WARN notices if less than 1/3 of staff were affected. That being said, hints during CEO intranet interviews and quarterly meetings does NOT constitute a WARN notice. They cannot be general statements; they must be individualized for affected employees and delivered with a paycheck or in a letter to affected employees. Did customer service receive these? No department I am aware of did, so again, this did not constitute a WARN notice. http://webapps.dol.gov/elaws/eta/warn/fs5r.asp
I think it is mistake to assume all employees had access to the same information. Would love for someone with legal expertise to weigh in.