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Employer FAQs on Liquidity Concerns in Light of the SVB Crisis

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The recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank highlights many of the concerns that employers might face should they find themselves in the midst of a liquidity crisis. Making payroll, arriving at decisions related to wage...more

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NY Employers: WARN Notices May Be Required If Furloughs And/Or Layoffs Extend Beyond Six Months

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Considering that many furloughs and layoffs are approaching six months in length (and are likely to last longer), employers need to reassess whether they are now required to issue employment-related notices under New York...more

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Business Owners Beware: Second Round of Federal WARN Act Notices Coming Due

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As employers nationwide continue to grapple with the longstanding impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, a looming obstacle that awaits in early Fall 2020 is an employer’s obligation to provide WARN Act notices to employees who...more

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COVID-19: Furloughed Employees to Receive Full Notice and Redundancy Pay

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The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy published a statement on 30 July announcing that furloughed employees will receive statutory redundancy pay based on their normal wages, rather than a reduced furlough...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Pandemic Furloughs in Place? Time to Assess Your Warn Obligations

The Coronavirus pandemic business closings started in mid-March by orders of the governors of many states. Some closings were a consequence of customer demand suddenly drying up. It has now been over two months since some of...more

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A New Wave Of COVID-19 Class Action Lawsuits Begins In California

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Several former employees of a national restaurant chain filed a class action lawsuit claiming their former restaurant employer violated California’s WARN Act by furloughing workers in March without providing 60 days of notice...more

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International Lawyers Network: Temporary Layoffs

This guide offers an overview of legal aspects of temporary layoffs in the requisite jurisdictions. It is meant as an overview in these marketplaces... This guide describes the law in force in the requisite jurisdictions...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

South Carolina Issues New COVID-19 Unemployment Rules

Recently, the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce announced two new rules intended to deal with the flood of unemployment claims related to business impacts from the COVID-19 emergency. The rules require...more

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State Notice Requirements for Employee Pay Reductions

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In response to the financial pressures of the COVID-19 crisis, many employers are considering pay reductions as an alternative to furloughs or layoffs. Most states require advance notice of these changes, and some states have...more

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Guidance for Maryland Employers Regarding Rising Unemployment Claims in the Face of COVID-19

As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) spreads, a growing number of employers are considering terminating or furloughing employees. This has raised a number of Maryland unemployment compensation questions that, although not...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Sweeping Amendment To The New Jersey WARN Act Takes Effect In July

As part of a flurry of employment-related laws enacted over the past two years in New Jersey, a recent amendment to the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (commonly known as the New Jersey WARN Act)...more

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CA Gov. Executive Order Relaxes WARN Notice Requirements for COVID-19

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In the wake of business slowdowns and shutdowns as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers face a dilemma when forced to furlough or layoff workers. The Federal and California WARN Acts require 60 days’ notice...more

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Conducting Layoffs and Furloughs Resulting From COVID-19 Business Impact

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As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, many employers are being forced to make tough workforce decisions to deal with the significant economic impact and uncertainty. Below, we have compiled a list of some of the most...more

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Employee Furloughs – What To Do?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: With the recent partial shutdown of the federal government, many federal contractors have faced tough decisions balancing their reduced revenue with their desire to keep their workforce intact....more

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How Government Contractors Should Prepare for the Next Government Shutdown - A Five Point Plan

Congress has yet to pass a long-term spending bill for fiscal year 2018, relying instead on a series of short-term continuing resolutions to keep the Government open. Even after the most recent Government Shutdown which began...more

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Navigating Government Shutdowns: Legal Issues for Federal Contractors

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With the end of the federal government shutdown that began on Jan. 20, 2018, there is a reasonable likelihood that the budget impasse will just be resurrected when yet another short-term funding extension enacted by Congress...more

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California Employers Be WARNED: California WARN Act Applies to Temporary Layoffs

In a recent decision, a California Court of Appeal ruled for the first time that a temporary layoff is sufficient to trigger the protections of the California WARN Act (“Cal WARN”). In Int’l Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron...more

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Be Fore-WARNed: California Really Is Peculiar

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Seyfarth synopsis: Companies contemplating a mass layoff must comply with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. In California, alas, companies must also consider the even more stringent requirements...more

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You’ve Been Warned: California’s WARN Act Is Broader Than the Federal Warn Act

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As with so many other situations involving California’s employment laws, its protection for California-based employees experiencing a job loss is broader than the protections under federal law. In The International...more

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Temporary Furloughs May Trigger California WARN Act Notice Obligations

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A California Court of Appeals has held that temporary furloughs trigger notice obligations under the California Workers Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (CA-WARN). Specifically, the appellate court in The...more

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Short-Term Layoffs Require Advance Notice Under California WARN

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Like the Federal WARN Act, California’s WARN Act (Cal-WARN) requires employers to notify employees of certain covered layoffs that will affect them. The California Court of Appeal has now confirmed that...more

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Layoffs Without WARN-ing: How to Use the Unforeseeable Business Circumstance Exception

A recent federal trial court decision out of Delaware, In re AE Liquidation, Inc. v. Burtch, No. 14-1492-LPS (D. Del. Mar. 31, 2016), illustrates how, even in the context of a very troubled business, the Worker Adjustment and...more

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Planning for a Possible Government Shutdown: Labor and Employment Issues for Government Contractors

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With the federal government funded only through Sept. 30, 2015, unless Congress acts quickly, there is a reasonable likelihood of another government shutdown beginning Oct. 1, 2015. The looming shutdown will create...more

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