New York Contemplates Changes To Its WARN Act

On March 8, 2023, a bill was introduced in the New York Senate proposing modifications to the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ("NYS WARN Act"). The bill is currently in the Senate's Labor Committee. While the proposed bill may be modified, its provisions indicate that the legislature is considering expanding the scope of the NYS WARN Act.

The proposed bill amends some of the definitions in the NYS WARN Act, most notably the definitions of employer, employment loss, and mass layoff. The revised definitions would read as follows (new language is bolded and language in the current law that would be removed is in brackets):

6. "Employment loss" means: