Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act

"Enacted by the 100th Congress, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act
requires qualified employers that intend to carry out plant closings or mass layoffs to provide 60
days’ notice to affected employees, states, and localities. The purpose of the notice to workers is
to allow them to seek alternative employment, arrange for retraining, and otherwise adjust to
employment loss. The purpose of notifying states and localities is to allow them to promptly
provide services to the dislocated workers and otherwise prepare for changes in the local
labor market..."