Labor/Employment,
Government
May 28, 2020
California WARN Act lawsuit might test whether virus constitutes unforeseen business event
Does the pandemic qualify as an unforeseen business circumstance that exempts employers from providing 60-day termination notice under the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act? Labor experts weigh in.
In a case that could answer whether a pandemic qualifies as an unforeseeable business circumstance, terminated workers sued Hometown Buffet for failing to give adequate layoff notice under the state law.
California's Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification or WARN Act, requires employers with more than 75 workers to give 60 days notice before terminations or mass layoffs. On March 17, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive orde...
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