Labor/Employment,
Government
Mar. 20, 2020
Governor suspended law requiring notice for mass layoffs
The governor’s Tuesday order, mentioned in one sentence at the end of a press release, temporarily negates three provisions of the Labor Code created by the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or WARN Act.




Among the state laws Gov. Gavin Newsom suspended this week was a law requiring employers give workers notice before massive layoffs.
The governor’s Tuesday order, mentioned in one sentence at the end of a news release, temporarily negates three provisions of the Labor Code created by the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or WARN Act, a 2002 state law modeled on a federal statute. Under that act, employers ...
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