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WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law
Big Win for Employees: 5th Circuit Rules that COVID-19 Is Not a Natural Disaster Under WARN Act
It’s hard for anyone to forget the chaos of March 2020. The initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to all kinds of panic, including mass layoffs from thousands of…
Workforce Bulletin
Fifth Circuit Holds COVID Is Not a “Natural Disaster” Under the WARN Act
By Marc A. Mandelman, Eduardo J. Quiroga
On June 15, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held that COVID-19 does not qualify as a “natural disaster” under the federal Workers’ Adjustment and Retraining…
Employment Law Worldview
Employers Can’t Escape WARN Act Liability Because of COVID-19 (US)
The word “unprecedented” has been applied often (and exhaustingly) throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, but when it comes to the impact the pandemic had on the U.S. employment law landscape, the…
Employment & Labor
Fifth Circuit Finds The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Not A Natural Disaster Under The WARN Act
By Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., Alex W. Karasik, and Aaron A. Bauer Seyfarth Synopsis: In Easom v. US Well Servs., No. 21-20202, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 16556 (5th Cir. June…
Manufacturing Industry Advisor
Is COVID a “Natural Disaster” Under the WARN Act?
As manufacturing employers are well aware, the COVID pandemic has forced many employers to furlough or layoff employees. Some operations were closed altogether, while others furloughed employees for various periods…
Texas Employment Law Update
COVID-19 is not a Natural Disaster under WARN
In the weeks and months following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers were faced with the need to quickly conduct substantial reductions in force. In making these decisions,…
WSNYC Blog: The Latest in Employment Law
Remote Workers Earn Ensured Protection with WARN Act
By Jade
Since March 2020, companies have faced unique challenges in deciding how to manage cohorts of employees under shifting global forces. Some major companies, struggling to keep up with supply-chain issues…
Real Bankruptcy Intel
What We’re Reading This Week [March 25, 2022]
By Ambreen J. Ahmad, Sean T. Scott, Aaron Gavant
Per Law360, a Delaware bankruptcy judge ruled that Art Van Furniture did not violate the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act, which requires large employers to provide least 60…
California Workplace Law Blog
California Has Its Own Flavor of WARN Requirements That Employers Should Be Aware Of
Under federal law, there is the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) which sets forth certain requirements for businesses who are closing locations and/or proceeding with large-scale reductions in…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Can Discharging Remote Workers Trigger the WARN Act at a ‘Single Site of Employment’?
To say that COVID-19 has presented numerous challenges to employers would certainly be an understatement. One of the changes and challenges that has entered the workforce is the proliferation of…