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Navigating the WARN Act: Strategic Workforce Planning in Hotel Transactions
Whether and when to notify employees about a hotel sale is often overlooked during hotel acquisitions and is often viewed as solely an HR matter. In practice, however, compliance with…
Employers' Lawyers Blog
RIFs in the Age of AI: Why Data-Driven Decisions Are Increasing Employer Risk
Adam Bouka By Adam Bouka Employers have long used reductions in force (“RIFs”) as a high-risk but familiar response to economic pressure, restructuring, or strategic change. Traditionally, employers evaluated RIF-related risk…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Home Depot Under Investigation After Announcing 800 Layoffs in Georgia
By Anne Hall
Home Depot recently announced layoffs affecting almost 800 workers at its Georgia locations. In response, law firm Strauss Borrelli PLLC has launched an investigation of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining…
Agricultural Law & Rural Practice | Solo Small Firm & General Practice Section
WARN Act Notice Requirements for Seasonal Employers
When an employer transitions to a seasonal operation, questions often arise regarding the applicability of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act) and whether such a change triggers…
Business and Commercial
Winter Case Notes: A Partnership Masquerading as an LLC, and Other Recent Decisions of Interest
Here in New York, we’re about to say goodbye to a winter season like we haven’t seen in many years: prolonged, bitter cold; several prodigious snowfalls; and iced-over ponds. To…
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
From Prime Time to WARN Time: Reality TV Rules for Real-World Employee Separations
By Tracey Diamond, Emily Schifter
In this episode of Hiring to Firing, hosts Tracey Diamond and Emily Schifter trade the drama of reality TV for the real-life stakes of employee separations, using shows like The…
Texas Employment Lawyer
My Job Laid Me Off Before the Holidays. Can I Sue?
In November 2025, Tyson Foods filed a WARN Act notice with the Texas Workforce Commission announcing a mass layoff of 1,761 employees at its Amarillo beef-processing plant. The layoffs are…
Agha Law blog
Cummins Layoffs 2025: For Terminated Employees in Canada
By Faisal Agha
If you were laid off or terminated by Cummins in 2025, you are not alone — and you may be entitled to significantly more severance pay than you were offered.…
Davis+Gilbert PERKS
Ohio Enacts Mini‑WARN Act Expanding Layoff Notice Obligations
Ohio employers take note: Ohio recently enacted a state “mini-WARN” Act (“Ohio WARN”), which will supplement federal WARN notice requirements for employers anticipating mass layoffs. The requirements of the new Ohio…
Labor & Employment Insights
Employers “Fall Back”: Amid Reductions in Force, Heed This WARN-ing – Part 1
By Josh Kleppin, Anne R. Yuengert
Whether it’s literal clockwork, the turning of the leaves, or the beginning of the holiday hubbub, fall is a season of change. Employers are noticing, too. In conjunction with third-quarter…