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The Energy Law Blog
Labor and Employment Law FAQs Related to Hurricane Ida
By Thomas J. McGoey II, Liskow & Lewis
In the wake of Hurricane Ida, many employers are struggling to find ways to maintain their business and protect their most precious asset: their employees. In this article, we review…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
WARN Act Violation Prompts Lawsuit Against WV Coal Mine
By Anne Hall
The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) has filed suit against Cornerstone Labor Services for failure to give adequate notice of a mass layoff at its West Virginia Coal Mountain…
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance for Businesses
California WARN Act: The COVID-19 related Suspension of the Sixty Day Notice Requirement Expires
By Jill L. Ripke, Matthew Goldberg, Perkins Coie
On March 17, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-31-20 (“EO N-31-20”) regarding the California WARN Act (Lab. Code §§ 1400, et seq.). EO N-31-20 is often inaccurately described…
Employment Law Watch
Reminder to New Jersey employers: NJ WARN changes on the horizon
By John T. McDonald, Saranne Weimer
Shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, in January 2020, Governor Murphy signed into law sweeping changes to New Jersey’s mini-WARN act. The first-of-its-kind law in the nation required mandatory…
Hunton Employment & Labor Perspectives
The Eleventh Circuit Could Tackle Whether COVID-19 is a Disaster for WARN Purposes with Companies Facing Continued Layoffs
By Veronica A. Torrejón, Christopher M. Pardo, Ryan A. Glasgow
While COVID-19 may have hit the business community like a hurricane, whether the pandemic, in fact, qualifies for a natural disaster exception under the federal law requiring businesses to warn…
Employment Law Worldview
Federal Court Decision On WARN Act And COVID-19 Could Signal Problems For Larger Employers (US)
By Melissa Legault, Daniel Pasternak
UPDATE: On January 21, 2021, the defendants filed a motion with the district court for permission to take an interlocutory appeal to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals on the…
Employment Law
WARN Act Update: Amount of Notice Provided for Pandemic-Related Mass Layoffs Subject to Close Judicial Scrutiny
The Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”) generally requires large employers to provide 60 days’ advance notice to employees before instituting a “plant closing” or “mass layoff”…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Expecting the Unexpected: Mass Layoffs and Workers’ Rights Under the WARN Act
To many people in the workforce, the idea of a mass layoff once seemed unfathomable. You grow so accustomed to your job and to the daily routine it enables that…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
New York State Amends WARN Act to Require Additional Notifications
By Brian Murphy, Jamie Moelis*
On November 11, 2020, Governor Cuomo signed an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“NY-WARN Act”). The Amendment significantly expands the governmental…
Texas Labor Law Blog
Top 10 Post COVID-19/Coronavirus Employment Law Issues
Businesses are slowly returning to normal from the COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic. However, there are still a number of issues that are employers are facing. Of course, the most important issue for…