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What Is a Mass Layoff?
According to the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, a mass layoff must meet at least one of the following criteria:- At least 50 employees are laid off during a 30-day period if the laid-off employees make up at least one-third of the workforce.
- 500 employees are laid off during a 30-day period if the laid-off employees make up at least one-third of the workforce.
- 500 employees are laid off during a 30-day period, regardless of how large the workforce is.
- An entire work site is closed down, and at least 50 employees are laid off during a 30-day period.