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WARN Act
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World of Employment
Changes Coming to the WARN Act?
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ("WARN") Act is getting a lot of airplay these days; that's the federal law that requires qualifying employers to give 60 days’ notice of a…
Labor Law Prof Blog
WARN’s Shortcomings
While we're on the topic of layoffs, the New York Times has an article on the fact that many current layoffs, even if a significant part of an employer's workforce,…
World of Employment
Tenth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of WARN Act Case
We don't need to tell you there's a recession going on, and that a recession means layoffs. But we will remind you that layoffs may implicate the Worker Adjustment and…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Krueger on Lessons from the Chicago Sit-In and the WARN Act
Alan Krueger, the Princeton economist, has this commentary in the New York Times on the recent sit-down strike at the Republic Windows plant in Chicago and the WARN Act:The sit-in…
New Jersey Law Blog
Remember the WARN Act
Many of you may remember the Federal Warn Act - an Act which requires 60 days notice of a company's intent to shut down a location with 100 or more…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
The WARN Act: The Basics for Employers
News about the WARN Act keeps surfacing in everything from law firm closings to bakery layoffs. While I've touched on the subject before, the Connecticut Law Tribune this week published a…
In Solvency
Decision in Powermate Holding Corp. Declines to Grant Administrative Claim Status to Employee WARN Act Claims
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
Introduction In a decision that the Court deemed “one of first impression for this Circuit,” the Honorable Kevin Gross of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware,…
Delaware Bankruptcy Update
Decision in Powermate Holding Corp. Declines to Grant Administrative Claim Status to Employee WARN Act Claims
By Fox Rothschild LLP, Fox Rothschild LLP
Introduction In a decision that the Court deemed “one of first impression for this Circuit,” the Honorable Kevin Gross of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware,…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Five Laws and Issues Employers Should Think About In This Credit Crunch and Economic Crisis
The headlines this week, particularly to those in Connecticut, sound an ominous tone. Foxwoods announces layoffs of 700. And this morning, a new government report came out showing that employers…
CommLawBlog
“WARN” Act Rules Released
On August 7, 2008, the FCC released new rules (FCC 08-148), implementing the Warning Alert and Response Network ("WARN") Act, under which the Commercial Mobile Alert System ("CMAS") will be…