WTC - WARN act and sign release agreement - question for GM employees with less than 4yrs

WTC layoff employees are under WARN which means they will receive salary and benefits till April 9, 2019 under federal law.

On page 2 of the Severance release agreement, GM mentioned a release of claims under WARN act.

Does this mean one give up his/her rights to WARN and 60 days benefits? On Q&A, they say that employees under WARN will be paid for the full WARN notice period under federal law. Does the document we sign ask one to release his/her claim or not related to WARN?

Also, because of the 60 days notice of WARN which stipulates employment till April 9, what does it mean in terms of bonus, are we still "employees" till that date under federal law? If so, do we need to sign a release agreement to see the bonus? What is our status between March 1st and April 9 according to the federal law? Employee or laid off with full benefits and salary?

In general, how the release agreement is beneficial for people laid off with less than 4 years at GM and working at WTC? What does WARN not cover?

Bottom line, do we give up claim to WARN or not by signing the release agreement, for those who read the page 2 of the document ?

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@Xuaj8Az-1kvn WARN is per-site/facility based and is not required to be filed if the site meets certain exceptions.

The main exceptions applicable here would be:

Less than 50 people are laid off at a site
And if more than 50 and below 500 people are laid off, that number is below 33% of the site’s workforce.

WTC did not meet the exceptions (they are laying off ~1300 people there) and is in violation since they didn’t file 60 days before the lay-offs. I bet the other sites meet the exceptions which is why GM isn’t bothering to file for them.

Now that I looked more into it I’m not sure if other sites count or not for the warn act. I guess we will wait and see but below is an article that explains it.

https://www.thebalancecareers.com/warn-act-layoff-requirements-1918297

I believe the filing to the state of Michigan was only for WTC employees. However, the WARN act is a federal law so that applies to everyone. Maybe GM hasn’t filed yet for other locations.

does this only apply to Warren employees or MPG and other facilities in Michigan as welll

GM’s letter to the State of Michigan is linked in this article, but I wondered too when the separation benefits begin. Is it after April 9 or beginning of March? Is it a both/and or an either/or?

https://amp.detroitnews.com/amp/2790053002

You were given 60 days noticed. They warned you on Nov 27.

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