Effective November 11, 2020, New York amended its Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“NY WARN
Act”) by expanding the government entities that must receive
notice of a NY WARN Act triggering event, such as a facility
closing or mass layoff.
As a reminder, the NY WARN Act requires employers with at least
50 full-time employees who plan to conduct a closing affecting 25
or more employees; mass layoff involving 25 or more full-time
employees (if the 25 or more employees make up at least 33% of all
the employees at the site); or mass layoffs involving 250 or more
full-time employees,1 to provide 90 days' written
notice to employees as well as various government entities of said
triggering employment action.
