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Mass Layoffs, Reductions in Force and Plant Closings: New Jersey

Mass Layoffs, Reductions in Force and Plant Closings requirements for other states

Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.

Author: John Sarno, Employer's Association of New Jersey

Updating Author: XpertHR Editorial Team

Summary

  • The New Jersey Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (mini-WARN Act) significantly enhances the protections afforded to employees by federal legislation. See New Jersey WARN Act.
  • Covered call center employers must provide advance notice to the state before relocating a center or transferring its operations. See New Jersey Call Center Jobs Act.
  • New Jersey provides protections for hotel service employees from being terminated without cause when there is an ownership change in control. See Successor Hotel Employee Retention Law.
  • New Jersey also provides retention protections for eligible health care workers when a change in control occurs at a licensed health care facility. See Health Care Worker Retention.