There's an old law that if you were laying off more than a 1/3 of a workplace, you must give the give 2 months notice.
So the slow prolonged layoffs are a away to get around it. And therefore likely be drawn out in the next quarter.
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Q1 of what year?
This is information that has been said, however, no one gave us any information and all round one got was a two week notice pay. I have heard rumors, but like I said they wete just rumors.
There is nothing saying no layoffs after the first quarter....sorry
Your wrong there is nothing saying no layoffs after the 1st quarter....sorry
From the internal information I have been made privy to, all layoffs are to be completed no later than the last day of the first quarter.
Laymen terms: no additional layoffs to be made outside of the 1Q.
Technically, there is no violation of the WARN act. There is a very important piece missing from your original post. While it is indeed 1/3 of the workforce, it is actually 1/3 of the workforce at EACH location being impacted, not throughout the company as a whole.
This is the reason they are doing layoffs month after month, not all at once, it saves them from WARN while also allowing the local management to attempt to "right size their business" should the market have a rebound or work become available.
Be thankful for the severance you get/got. At least you weren't left with nothing at all. Contrary to popular belief, a company doesn't OWE you anything, you work for it!
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You really do not have to file a WARN in advance if you give a 2 month severance... So, i can lay you off today, and give you 60 days severance, and file a WARN today, I'd still be compliant... The company also needs to keep you on payroll for those 60 days so you'd get your benefits too. But technically, you'd be laid off effectively today.