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New Jersey’s Amended Mini-WARN Act FAQs, Part III: Liability Provisions, Penalties, and Preparing for the Effective Date

On January 10, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation, which will become effective on April 10, 2023, amending the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act—more commonly known as New Jersey’s...more

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New Jersey’s Amended Mini-WARN Act FAQs, Part II: Notice, Severance Pay, and Releases

On January 10, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation amending New Jersey’s mini-WARN law (NJWARN, officially named the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act), and on April 10, 2023, these changes...more

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New Jersey’s Amended Mini-WARN Act FAQs, Part I: What’s New and Important Definitions

On January 10, 2023, New Jersey’s governor Phil Murphy signed legislation that will make sweeping changes to New Jersey’s mini-WARN law (known officially as the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act)....more

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The Amended New Jersey WARN Act Client Alert

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On January 10, 2023, Governor Murphy signed Assembly Bill No. 4768, which gives permanent effect to sweeping amendments previously enacted to New Jersey’s WARN Act (“NJ WARN”). Originally slated to take effect in July 2020,...more

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Beginning On April 10, 2023, New Jersey Employers Must Comply With Stricter Requirements On Mass-Layoffs And Business Closures

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In 2020, New Jersey amended the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (referred to as the NJ WARN Act), which regulates employers implementing mass layoffs and business closures. Governor Phil Murphy...more

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New Jersey’s Expanded Mini-WARN Law to Take Effect April 2023

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After a two-year delay, the amendment to the New Jersey Millville-Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act, the state’s mini-WARN law, will take effect on April 10, 2023. The Act, as amended, expands the coverage of...more

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New Jersey Passes Amendments to WARN Act

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On January 10, 2023, Governor Phil Murphy signed Assembly Bill No. 4768 into law, implementing significant changes to New Jersey’s WARN Act (officially known as the “Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification...more

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New Jersey Employers Face New WARN Act Burdens Soon

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The wait is over. On January 10, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed bills S3162/A4768 into law thereby making April 10, 2023 the effective date for the sweeping amendments to the state’s WARN Act  (“NJ WARN Act”),...more

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On April 10, 2023, The Long-Delayed (and Seriously Impactful) Amendments to NJ WARN Take Effect - This is What That Means

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 10, 2023, NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a change in the effective date of the January 21, 2020 Amendments to New Jersey’s Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act"...more

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New Jersey Mini-WARN Act Overhaul Takes Effect in 90 Days

Almost three years after signing into law legislation significantly amending the state’s mini-WARN Act (officially known as the “Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act”) (NJ WARN), Governor Phil Murphy...more

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News of Recent Layoffs Prompts a Review of the WARN Act: What’s Changed Since 2020?

For the first time since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers are implementing a new wave of layoffs, particularly in the tech world, and it is anticipated that there are more to come as recession worries loom. ...more

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Successor Hotel Owners and Operators Beware: New Jersey Enacts Job Protections for Predecessor Hotel Employees and Notice...

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The new year has brought with it new legislation in New Jersey that warrants close scrutiny by hotel owners and operators alike. Introduced as Bill A-6246, which was signed by Governor Phil Murphy on January 18, 2022, upon a...more

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Two Years Later: New Jersey’s Governor Extends “Emergency” Powers Again, Further Delaying Effective Date of Extreme NJ WARN...

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As many New Jersey employers know, New Jersey’s “Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act” (“NJ WARN”) was amended twice in 2020. The original January 21, 2020 amendments (“January 2020 Amendments”)...more

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SECOND UPDATE: Uncertainty Remains About Effective Date Of January 21, 2020 NJ WARN Amendments

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UPDATED Seyfarth Synopsis: This legal update has been modified to incorporate information learned through recent direct communications with the Governor of New Jersey’s Office concerning the anticipated end date of Executive...more

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WARNing - Burdensome New Jersey WARN Act Amendments May Soon Become Effective

There is light at the end of the pandemic tunnel for New Jersey employers, as the state’s COVID-19 numbers continue to decline and Governor Philip Murphy continues to ease restrictions on businesses. But this good news comes...more

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New Jersey Gives Employers Struggling with the COVID-19 Pandemic a Temporary Break: Delay and Changes to the Amended New Jerseys...

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In response to growing concerns of employers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on April 14, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law new legislation (S-2353) (“April 14th Amendment”), which provides two significant changes to...more

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New Jersey Delays Expansive Amendments to State’s WARN Act and Excludes COVID-19 Layoffs from Coverage

Last week, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law an amendment to the New Jersey Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act (“NJ WARN Act”) that delays earlier amendments that would have taken effect...more

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COVID-19: New Jersey Amends the NJ WARN Act to Provide Relief for COVID-19-Related Layoffs; COVID-19-Related Mass Layoffs Are...

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Three months ago, prior to the acute onset of COVID-19 in the United States, New Jersey took the unprecedented step of obligating employers to provide severance to employees affected by a mass layoff as defined in the...more

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New Jersey Gives Employers a Break on New WARN Requirements Due to COVID-19

On April 14th New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Senate Bill 2353 into law. The law delays the application date of the New Jersey WARN amendments passed earlier this year and removes mass layoffs due to COVID-19 from...more

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Employment Law Update: New Legislation Delays Implementation of Amendments to NJ WARN Act and Exempts “Mass Layoffs” Due to...

In response to the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency legislation (S-2353) was passed and signed into law by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy on April 14, 2020. Effective immediately, the legislation delays...more

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New Jersey Excludes COVID-19 Layoffs from State WARN Law and Delays Effective Date of Pending Amendments

On April 14, 2020, Governor Phil Murphy signed into law two amendments to the New Jersey WARN Act (the “NJ WARN Act” or the “Act”) that alleviate some of the burdens the Act and  certain pending amendments placed on New...more

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New Jersey WARN Act Now Excludes Mass Layoffs Caused By National Emergency And Delays Effective Date Of 2019 Amendments

On April 14, 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy signed S-2353/A-3938, a bill that substantially changes the New Jersey Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. Until yesterday, the law handled “plant closures” and “mass...more

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Evaluating New Jersey’s New WARN Amendments & Urging The State to Suspend the Effective Date

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In January, New Jersey amended its Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act ("NJ WARN"), in an attempt to push state law far past the corresponding federal requirements of the Federal WARN...more

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Web Exclusive: January 2020: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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New Jersey Significantly Modifies the New Jersey WARN Act to Require Severance Pay for Mass Layoffs

On January 21, 2020, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed Senate Bill 3170 (the “amendments” or “NJ WARN Act”) into law making New Jersey the first state in the nation to require severance pay for mass layoffs. The law,...more

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