Employers must notify the DCEO within 48 hours of filing a closure or deactivation notice (if applicable), provide employment details for affected workers, and share closure plans that outline the support being offered. For full requirements, see 20 ILCS 735/10-25. ... Additional WARN information available at: https://www.illinoisworknet.com/LayoffRecovery/Pages/LayoffAssistanceEmployers.aspx

View the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. All WARN Reports are available in Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) format. ​ · 2025 · 2024 · ​ ·

The timeline for filing these notices can vary -- they may be made available before or after a public announcement, so if you really want to stay on top of things, then you can follow both types of sources ... Below is a partial sample of the WARN layoff listings data for Illinois in 1988-2025.

The Illinois WARN Act requires employers with 75 or more full-time employees to give workers and state and local government officials 60 days advance notice of a plant closing or mass layoff. An employer that fails to provide notice as required by law is liable to each affected employee for ...

https://content.next.westlaw.com/practical-law/document/I77ec394cef2e11e28578f7ccc38dcbee/Mini-WARN-Acts-Illinois?viewType=FullText&transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default) A Q&A guide to state versions of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act for private employers in Illinois. This Q&A addresses notice requirements in cases of plant closings and mass layoffs.

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Additionally, under the Illinois WARN Act, an employment loss will not occur if an employer offers to transfer employees to another site of employment (regardless of distance) with no more than a 6-month break in employment and the employee accepts within 30 days of the offer or plant closing/layoff. ... Under the Federal WARN Act, employers are required to provide notice to a: (1) representative of each affected employee, (2) if no such representative, then to the affected employee, (3) to the State, and (4) to the chief elected official of the unit of local government within which closing or layoff has occurred.

February 10, 2025 - Explore the Illinois state WARN Act: notice requirements, IL state WARN laws, and compliance during mass layoffs and plant closures.

July 13, 2025 - Magna Exteriors, which manufactures, designs and assembles vehicles, began laying off workers in February 2023, according to a WARN notice filed by the company. A supplemental notice was filed June 16, 2025. announcing Magna Exteriors will lay off another 130 employees from its location at 675 Corporate Parkway in Belvidere, starting Aug.

July 20, 2025 - Our blog included the Act's requirements, like the mandatory 60-day notice, and its exceptions, such as cases of unforeseeable business situations. The main goal of the Illinois WARN Act is to ensure that companies plan responsibly and treat their employees with fairness during significant transitions.

The timeline for filing these notices can vary -- they may be made available before or after a public announcement, so if you really want to stay on top of things, then you can follow both types of sources ... Below is a partial sample of the WARN layoff listings data for Illinois in 2025.

November 16, 2025 - Fresh Market's Peoria location was among 15 closed by the chain in 2018, including four in Illinois. The privately held company Transform SR LLC is closing its Sears-Kmart distribution center in Manteno at the end of 2025. It announced in an Oct.

September 23, 2025 - 15 it plans to layoff 86 Illinois employees from its manufacturing facilities at 1122 W. Grand Ave. in Decatur. The layoffs are expected to begin Nov. 15. Capital One on Sept. 18 updated a previous WARN notice, informing state officials it is cutting 283 jobs in all from the former Discover Financial Services headquarters in Riverwoods.

June 10, 2025 - The health care organization announced that Health Alliance, the largest health insurer in southern and central Illinois, will cease operations at the end of 2025. The move is scheduled to eliminate all 612 jobs at Carle’s Health Alliance facility at 3310 Fields South Drive, Champaign. The layoff will begin July 8 and continue through October. Carle announced the facility’s closure in a May 8 WARN.

June 6, 2025 - If you received no prior written notice of the lay-off, or if you were only provided a short lay-off notice (less than 60 days), then your rights under the federal Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. Section 2101) (“The WARN Act) may have been violated. Generally speaking, the WARN Act requires larger employers (100 or more employees) to notify their workers – in writing – 60 days before implementing a mass lay-off, plant closing, or facility shut-down. Illinois also has its own WARN Act (that only requires that there be 75 or more employees).

The University will comply with ... 75 or more full-time employees to give employees and state and local government officials 60 days advance notice of facility closing or mass layoff....