Skill

legalcode-warn-act-analysis

Analyzes federal WARN Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 2101–2109) and state mini-WARN compliance for plant closings and mass layoffs. Covers covered-employer determination, plant closing and mass layoff triggering thresholds, employment loss definitions, the 90-day rolling aggregation lookback, the three notice-reduction exceptions (faltering company, unforeseeable business circumstances, natural disaster), notice content and delivery requirements, damages calculation (back pay + ERISA benefits + $500/day civil penalty), the single-employer/affiliated-companies doctrine, sale-of-business allocation, WARN in bankruptcy, and remote-worker site-of-employment questions. Maps state mini-WARN variations for California, New York, New Jersey, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Illinois. Use when assessing a proposed or completed reduction-in-force, plant closing, or business sale for WARN Act exposure; when calculating potential damages; when evaluating whether exceptions apply; or when determining which state mini-WARN statutes impose additional obligations.