The New York State Worker Adjustment ... Act requires covered businesses to provide early warnings of closures and layoffs to all affected employees, employee representatives, the Department of Labor, and Local Workforce Development Boards...

The New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires covered businesses to provide early warnings of closures and layoffs to all affected employees, their representatives, the Department of Labor and others.

March 8, 2024 - But, now, in a significant change under the new regulations, an employer may avail itself of an exception to the Act only if the employer submits certain documentation to the DOL commissioner and the DOL commissioner concludes the employer qualifies for an exception. In other words, while it was previously up to a court to determine whether an exception applied, it is now up to the DOL. This is a material change in the law. Under the new regulations, an employer must submit its request for an exception within 10 business days of when the written WARN notice would be due to the DOL commissioner, unless the DOL commissioner grants an extension.

Retraining Notification (NYWARN) Act and the federal Worker Adjustment · and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act require private employers to give · employees advance, written notice of · impending layoffs, plant closures and · relocations. But the NYWARN Act, which takes ·

May 17, 2025 - The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act in New York is a vital law that protects employees during layoffs or plant closures. The federal WARN Act sets rules for employers nationwide.

Under the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, employers that plan to lay off some or all of their employees must, under certain circumstances, notify the local Workforce Development Board and a number of other local and state entities.

The New York WARN Act enhances the protections provided by its federal counterpart, offering more robust safeguards to employees facing mass layoffs, plant closures, or relocations.

July 8, 2025 - In New York, the WARN Act protects workers by requiring notice before a mass layoff. Employers must provide a NY WARN notice to their employees or pay penalties.

July 20, 2025 - New York requires any organization with a minimum of 50 employees to give out notice. Therefore, if a given establishment has 50 or more employees, the employees are automatically entitled to a notice under the WARN Act.

A Q&A guide to state versions of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act for private employers in New York. This Q&A addresses notice requirements in cases of plant closings and mass layoffs. Federal, local, or municipal law may impose additional or different requirements.

At the end of June 2023, the New York Department of Labor (DOL) issued final amended regulations to the state’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (NY WARN) Act. The amendments, which are now effective, impose significant new ...

June 13, 2025 - As with the federal WARN Act, this ... than the federal WARN Act in that it applies to smaller employers and provides a 90-day notice period versus the federal 60-day mandate....

July 28, 2023 - The New York State Department of Labor (“NYS DOL”) issued updated regulations under the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act (“the Act”), which requires covered employers to provide 90 days’ advance notice in the event of plant closings, mass layoffs, relocations, or reductions in work hours.

January 29, 2025 - New York could be the first state in the nation to require that employers disclose when mass layoffs are related to the adoption of AI.

ARTICLE 25-A NEW YORK STATE WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION ACT Section 860. Short title. 860-a. Definitions. 860-b. Notice. 860-c. Exceptions. 860-d. Extension of mass layoff period. 860-e. Determinations with respect to employment loss. 860-f. Powers of the commissioner.

Registration Portal Now Open for Model Management Companies: To comply with the New York State Fashion Workers Act, model management companies and groups must register their agency with the state beginning December 21, 2025.

Amendments to the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (NY WARN Act) take effect, with implications for remote work, busin

October 6, 2023 - The NYS WARN Act, which provides stricter requirements than the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, requires businesses with fifty or more full-time employees to provide ninety days’ notice of employment losses to affected employees and certain government entities or officials.

August 7, 2025 - The new disclosure, effective since ... WARN Act, which is stricter than the federal WARN Act, applies to private businesses with 50 or more full-time employees in NYS....

April 29, 2025 - New York State (NYS) and New York City (NYC) have been characteristically busy – enacting, amending and clarifying employment legislation.[1] This blog post discusses two significant changes: (1) amendments to the New York State WARN Act (NY WARN) regulations, which impacts New York employers state-wide, and (2) agency guidance clarifying employers’ compliance obligations with respect to NYC Local Law 144, which is NYC’s new AI bias law.