This ruling is significant because lower courts have been divided over this issue. The 5th Circuit found the WARN Act's natural disaster exception did not apply to the COVID pandemic.
The federal appellate court finds that a company need not provide advance notice of a layoff or plant closing to its contractors' employees because there is no direct employment relationship.
HR guidance on downsizing efforts and mass layoffs/plant closings, the typical reasons to close a plant, common HR considerations in the course of a plant closing and planning for post-plant closing risk by complying with federal and state law.
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