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Legal Considerations When Downsizing Your Workforce

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With a weakening economy, many employers are now facing tough cost reduction decisions, which include possible separation of employees. Once it is decided to implement a reduction in force, the employer must make a further...more

Burns & Levinson LLP

Your Company’s Current Severance Agreement for Non-supervisory Employees Might Be Illegal – What To Do Next.

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If your company, like many, includes “standard” confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in its employee severance agreements, those agreements may contravene a recent NLRB decision, McLaren Macomb. In that matter,...more

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Significant Changes Are Coming to the ‎New Jersey WARN Act – ‎What Large Employers ‎Need to Know

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Most employers are generally familiar with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”), which offers protection to workers by requiring employers to provide notice sixty (60) days in advance of...more

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The Digital Dismissal Dilemma

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The recent New York Times piece about the chaos arising from terminating remote workers highlights the difficulties employers face when laying off a distributed workforce of digital workers. Few employers are able to deliver...more

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New Jersey’s Significant and Expansive WARN Act Amendments Will Soon Go Into Effect: 4 Key Changes You Should Know About

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Since January 2020, New Jersey employers have been watching and waiting for the effective date of key amendments to the state’s mass layoffs law – formally the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act, but...more

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Signed, Sealed, Delivered: New Jersey Implements Long-Delayed Landmark WARN Law

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On January 10, 2023, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed into law S3162 / A4768, which makes the 2020 amendments to NJ WARN effective 90 days from his signature, irrespective of whether a State of Emergency still exists....more

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New Jersey Edges Closer to Implementing Landmark WARN Law

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A bill advancing in the New Jersey Legislature would expedite the implementation of significant changes to the state’s WARN law. Back in January 2020, Governor Philip D. Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 3170, which...more

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PRC Legal Update: Termination of Employment in China and Issues to Note during Covid-19 Pandemic

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Termination of employment by employers in China is virtually never easy even in absence of a crisis situation. When it comes to the economic downturn, employee dismissal becomes far more sensitive....more

Proskauer Rose LLP

No Temporary Relief for NYC Hotels from Severance Law

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As previously discussed, the New York City Council passed a law at the end of last year requiring certain hotels in the City to pay eligible employees weekly severance payments for up to 30 weeks. There were swift legal...more

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Alberta, Canada: Arbitrator Decides COVID-19 Pandemic is Cataclysmic Event that Did Not Trigger Entitlement to Severance Under...

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In United Utility Workers’ Association of Canada v Dataco Utility Services Ltd., 2022 CanLII 13414 (AB GAA), Arbitrator John Moreau, Q.C., dismissed 11 grievances filed on behalf of 11 service technicians (Grievors) of Dataco...more

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Too Many People, Not Enough Cars: 5 Considerations if Your Dealership Needs to Conduct Reductions-in-Force

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Until now, having a reduction-in-force in the sales department of a retail automotive dealership was about as rare as selling vehicles at MSRP. Thanks to a combination of factors, including the pandemic and the chip shortage,...more

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NYC Enacts Severance Pay Requirements for Displaced Hotel Workers

Effective as of October 5, 2021, Int. 2397-2021 requires operators of “transient hotels” (as defined by Section 12-10 of the New York City zoning resolutions) to pay their employees severance pay if: 1. the hotel closed to...more

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Radical Expansion of New Jersey WARN Act Nears

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Sixteen months ago, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law Senate Bill 3170, which radically expands employers’ advance notice and severance pay obligations under the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss...more

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Employment Termination during the COVID-19 Crisis – Singapore

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As the lockdown measures adopted by governments around the world begin to take a toll on companies’ revenues, some employers are exploring their options to terminate employees. Singapore is one of the most employer-friendly...more

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Federal WARN and NYS Mini-WARN: Obligations for Employers in Light of COVID-19

As employers navigate the challenges of the COVID-19 public health crisis, many have been forced to consider difficult decisions about laying off and furloughing employees, or otherwise reducing employee work hours. In...more

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Employee Benefits Issues To Consider Before Deciding To Furlough Or Terminate Employees During The COVID-19 Pandemic

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With the combination of our nation’s response to COVID-19 and the resultant economic downturn, employers of all sizes face the moral and financial dilemma of evaluating employee headcounts while businesses are grappling with...more

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A Quick Overview Of New Jersey’s New WARN Act

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New Jersey’s WARN Act (the Millville-Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act) has been amended, effective July 19, 2020. N.J.S.A. § 34:21-1, et seq., to expand greatly its scope and requirements: 1.Definitions:...more

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Automatic Severance and Additional Notice: The Expanding Obligations For Employers Under New Jersey’s New WARN ACT

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Effective July 19, 2020, pursuant to new legislation signed by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on January 21, 2020, New Jersey employers with at least 100 employees over a 3 year period, will have new and expanded obligations...more

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Mandatory Severance Payments, Longer Notice Periods and Other Key Provisions of the 2020 New Jersey Warn Act

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New Jersey amended its existing WARN Act, otherwise known as the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act ("NJ WARN Act"), and it will have significant impact on employers considering mass layoffs, transfers...more

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WPI State of the States: New Year, New Legislative Trends

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The year 2020 is already shaping up to be quite active on the employment law front, and a quarter of U.S. states have yet to convene their 2020 legislative sessions. In January, over 800 labor and employment-related bills,...more

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'Mini' WARN Act in New Jersey Just Got Super-Sized

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When your company needs to do a mass layoff, you should already be thinking about the following issues: - How and when you will communicate the decision to employees - Whether the reduction will adversely impact any...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Orrick's 101- Legal Q&A | Termination Of Employment

In Germany, employees enjoy rather strong protection against termination of employment. Additionally, there are some form requirements employers must observe. This Q&A two pager gives a basic overview of the termination...more

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New Jersey Warns Us to Watch for Mini-WARNs

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We are all familiar with the federal WARN Act, which requires that employers give defined notices to employees ahead of certain layoffs or plant closings, but it is more difficult for employers to keep abreast of the...more

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Restructuring the Analysis: New Jersey Now Mandates Severance Pay for Mass Layoffs

On January 21, 2020, Governor Murphy signed Senate Bill 3170 into law, amending the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act, New Jersey’s mini-WARN Act (NJ WARN Act), in several significant ways and further...more

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Slate of N.J. Laws Require Severance Pay in Mass Layoffs and Increased Penalties for Worker Misclassification

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January 2020 was a busy month for New Jersey’s executive branch. Governor Phil Murphy signed into law at least five workplace-related bills, one of which revised the New Jersey mini-WARN Act, one granting state regulators...more

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