Application of Rights and Protections of the Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act of 1988 (Implementing Section 204 of the CAA)
Section
§639.1 Purpose and scope.
§639.2 What does WARN require?
§639.3 Definitions.
§639.4 Who must give notice?
§639.5 When must notice be given?
§639.6 Who must receive notice?
§639.7 What must the notice contain?
§639.8 How is the notice served?
§639.9 When may notice be given less than 60 days in advance?
§639.10 When may notice be extended?
§639.1 Purpose and scope.
(a) Purpose of WARN as applied by the CAA. Section 205 of the Congressional Accountability Act, P.L. 104-1 (“CAA”), provides protection to covered employees and their families by requiring employing offices to provide notification 60 calendar days in advance of office closings and mass layoffs within the meaning of section 3 of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, 29 U.S.C. 2102. Advance notice provides workers and their families some transition time to adjust to the prospective loss of employment, to seek and obtain alternative jobs and, if necessary, to enter skill training or retraining that will allow these workers to successfully compete in the job market. As used in these regulations, WARN shall refer to the provisions of WARN applied to covered employing offices by section 205 of the CAA.
