You cannot be required by your employer to waive your right to advance
notice under WARN. However, when an employer closes a facility or has a
layoff, the employer may ask its employees to sign a document waiving their
right to make claims against the employer. (Waiving the right to make claims
against the employer means the employee agrees not to sue the employer for
additional financial compensation or any other benefit because of the
employee’s job loss, or, in some cases, from anything else that may have
occurred during the worker’s employment.)
This request for your signature
may involve offering some additional severance pay or extended health ben-
efits. If you received something of value (such as additional pay or benefits)
for signing the waiver and you signed the waiver voluntarily and knowingly,
you may have waived any claims you have under WARN or other employ-
ment-related laws.
Be careful if your total benefits represent less than the WARN act at WTC. ( pay till april 9, 2019), and double check with a lawyer.