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I am 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.

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OP here. I wrote this comment in response to another thread and for some reason someone else re-posted it here as a new thread. I have no clue why. The original thread I was responding to the person said they didnt understand why this is such a big deal because Customer Service in RIC had been told two months ago this would happen and that poster mentioned WARN. I was clarifying what does and does not constitute WARN, and saying that perhaps different departments were treated differently in this regard.

I think you're right when you say that McKesson was not required to give WARN notices since less than 1/3 of the staff were affected. That being the case, aren't your points about what does and does not constitute a WARN notice irrelevant?

Which department?

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