Tag: Faltering Company Exception

Trucking Business Avoids WARN Act Liability as a “Faltering Company” 

The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN Act”) was enacted in 1988 to help protect employees, their families, and communities from the sudden, and potentially severe, impact of large-scale company closures and layoffs.    The primary mechanism for such employee protections under the WARN Act is the requirement that employers provide prior notice of plant closures or mass layoffs to give employees an opportunity to make other arrangements for gainful […]

Can’t We Use the ‘Faltering Company’ Exception for Layoffs?

Well, we’re faltering, you may think, so we don’t have to worry about WARN, but it’s not as simple as that. Exceptions to the WARN Act Notice Requirements The WARN Act’s notice requirements do not apply if the conditions of one of the following exceptions are met: Temporary facility Completion of a particular project when […]