Tag: mass layoff

How to Help Employees Cope with the Aftermath of a Mass Layoff

By Jenna Bayuk, Kinship Kollective Apr 17, 2023 Learning & Development

Updated: Jul 20, 2023

During the last few months, many large technology companies such as Netflix, Amazon, Meta, and Twitter have carried out mass layoffs, with other smaller companies also culling large numbers of staff. In such tumultuous times, much support is rightly given to those who are laid off, but there’s also an impact on those who are […]

Unforeseeable Circumstances Justify Layoff Without WARN Notice

By Colorado Employment Law Letter Apr 10, 2009 HR Hero Line

Updated: Apr 10, 2009

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act) requires employers with 100 or more workers to provide 60 days’ advance notice of a plant closing or mass layoff. Sometimes employers need to act quickly to lay off employees and can’t provide the 60 days’ notice required by the WARN Act. A recent decision from […]