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Abstract

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN ) is a federal legislation currently in effect that requires employers to notify , 60 days in advance , it 's employees of plant closing or mass layoffs . This ensures that the employees and their families will have enough time to find or transfer to new jobs or fields . In New Jersey , there are other provisions on the WARN federal law which adds to employer 's obligations

The WARN Legislation in New Jersey

According to New Jersey 's Employer Handbook , aside from the given requirement that

employers must give a notice to it 's employees 60 days prior in cases of mass layoffs or plant closings , as mandated by WARN law , employers must also give notice to state DWU (Dislocated Worker Units ) so help and assistance to dislocated workers can be provided . New Jersey 's Department of Labor and Workforce Development Response Team also provides help to both employers and workers during these mass lay-offs ( Layoffs Closings , para . 1

There is a new state law modelled after the WARN Act , however , which provides additional penalties to the employers beyond those stated by the federal law and , at the same time , adding more benefits to the employees . Signed on December 20 , 2007 , the Milville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job loss Notification Act ' or NJ WARN ' generally follows the federal WARN , but with some provisions . Among these are : 1 ) greater penalties for employers on non-compliance which , essentially , mandates them to pay a severance penalty of one week 's pay to each employee affected for each full year of service 2 ) differing triggers of the law 's activation for short-term lay-offs and transfer offers and 3 ) a warn notice to more recipents , including any collective bargaining units (Hathaway , Thieme Custode , 2008

These laws certainly do have a beneficial impact on the community especially to those For one , the 60-day notice will give the workers enough time to find an alternative job . Also , the law requires that a state response team must assist the workers being laid-off , a very large help to the personnel being laid off

References

Hathaway , G . T Thieme , D . L Custode , F . A (2008 . Warning to New Jersey Employers : New WARN Notice Obligations In New Jersey And High Costs For Failure To Comply . Retrieved on January 10 , 2008 , from http /www .mondaq .com /article .asp ?articleid 55804

Layoffs Closings (2007 . Department of Labor and Workforce Development . Retrieved on January 10 , 2008 , from http /lwd .dol .state .nj .us /labor /employer /layoffs /RapidResponseTeam .html New Jersey WARN Law PAGE 3...