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This article originally published on Lawyer Monthly covers the unprecedented challenges for in-house counsel due to the continued impact of the coronavirus crisis on employment.

California's new Senate Bill 951 amends the Cal-WARN Act to require employers to disclose when mass layoffs or relocations are substantially caused by artificial intelligence or automated technology. What specific information must employers now include in their notices, and how will these technology-driven workforce reductions be tracked and reported by state agencies?

From 6 April 2026, the maximum protective award that an employment tribunal (ET) can make for a failure to comply with collective redundancy consultation obligations will double from 90 days' actual gross pay...

In this episode of our Cross-Border Catch-Up podcast series, Carlos Colón-Machargo and Kate Thompson explore the legal complexities of reductions in force (RIFs) across the Caribbean.

As economists and news outlets inform us daily, a recession is coming – with some asserting it is already here. For many companies this signals a major change to what has been a very tight labor market.

During a hearing conducted by the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Littler Shareholder Kerry Notestine outlined the potential pitfalls in relying on recent Department of Labor and Office of Management and Budget guidances regarding an employer’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act responsibilities as the specter of massive budget cuts looms.

On January 21, 2020, the Governor of New Jersey signed Senate Bill 3170 into law, pushing state law far past the corresponding federal requirements of the WARN Act.

This legal update has been modified to incorporate developments from June 4, 2021. New Jersey's WARN Act ("NJ WARN") was amended twice in 2020.

The pandemic has thrown a number of obstacles at employers and employees as everyone attempts to navigate a novel situation.

The Philadelphia WARN Act covers Philadelphia-based employers with 50 or more employees.

The WARN Act is a federal law that was passed by Congress in 1988 to protect certain workers by requiring employers to provide employees advance notification in cases of qualified plant closings and mass layoffs, ...

A summary on how employers should be careful when proceeding with a termination of employment, in the face of what potentially could be notice under the FMLA.

We hope you all had a joyous holiday season! We can't wait to see what 2023 will bring. Happy New year!

When a company begins experiencing financial difficulty, shareholders often ask whether they may be liable under the Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ("WARN") Act for violations by the company.

On April 22, 2020, the Virginia General Assembly adopted Governor Ralph Northam's proposed amendment to a bill that will re-establish a work-sharing program in Virginia.

As of this writing, the Trump administration has implemented a 25% tariff on most Canadian goods imported into the United States.

Over the weekend, some 8,000 unemployment claims were filed just in Connecticut (the average is 1,000).