Number: RL31250
Title: The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
Authors: Linda Levine, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: Congress has passed legislation to facilitate the reemployment of workers who through no fault of their own are let go by their employers. Among these laws is the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act, P.L. 100-379, enacted in 1988. It requires advance notice of mass layoffs and plant closings.
Pages: 10
Date: January 9, 2008