Posted on 07/23/2018 2:21:45 PM PDT by Red Badger
The scary part is that there are a lot of left-leaning people who would nod their heads in agreement.
They have come to see government as momma/poppa and seek its permission for everything.
He should have said F...in Capitalist who wants to be a Communist. When nobody reads you have to make adjustments.
“requires employers with 50 or more full-time employees to provide at least 90 days’”
Do you have any idea what the penalty is for not complying? Also, what if the company simply doesn’t have enough money to continue paying the salaries for 90 days?
Under WARN, an employer can give less than 60 days notice if one of these exceptions applies (the employer must still give as much notice as possible and explain why it couldn’t give the full 60 days that would otherwise be required):
Unforeseeable business circumstances. If the business circumstances leading to the plant closing or layoff were not reasonably foreseeable when the employer should have given 60 days’ notice, a shorter notice period is allowed.
Faltering company. If a company is struggling financially when it should have given 60 days’ notice, it can give a shorter period of notice. However, the company must show that it was actively seeking business or money that would have allowed it to postpone or avoid the plant closing altogether, and that it reasonably believed, in good faith, that giving 60 days’ notice would have precluded it from obtaining the necessary business or money. This exception applies only to plant closings, not mass layoffs.
Natural disasters. If the layoff or plant closing results from a natural disaster, the employer is allowed to give less than 60 days’ notice.
New York’s mini-WARN law recognizes all of these exceptions, too. In addition, New York employers need not give notice of job losses due to physical calamity, acts of terrorism, or war.
If Your Rights Have Been Violated
If you believe your rights have been violated, you should consult with an experienced New York employment lawyer. WARN includes the right to attorney fees if you win, so it provides an incentive for lawyers to take strong cases. However, the damages available to any one employee are relatively low. Therefore, a lawyer may advise either trying to negotiate a settlement or going forward on behalf of all affected employees, as part of a class action lawsuit.
https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/new-york-layoff-laws.html
....and it encourages existing businesses to leave.
Was such notice enforce back in '09?
Winter into Spring of 09, every time Hussien went on TV to talk about his Obama Care, people got laid off the next day all over the US.
From your link, covered businesses must give 90 days notice prior to a mass layoff. And if they don’t, they might have to pay back wages and benefits, and maybe even a civil penalty.
Ninety days notice...that would be a decent thing to do. But no way should the state mandate such a thing.
Print newspapers are slowly disappearing. The Denver Post is trying to stave that off with nevertrumpism too. It’s not working for them, either.
Should have cut by 3 4 or 5 weekly.
Pissing off half the population is never a good business model..................
“Under New York law, employers are covered if they have at least 50 employees.”
Well, not to worry, after this layoff, they won’t be subject to the law because there will be too few left to meet the number.
Thank you.
When I was desperate and willing to move practically anywhere, I ruled out New York, Chicago and all of California, along with a handful of lesser Democratically run hellholes. I actually turned down an assignment in DC as it would barely have covered the costs of living there. Frankly, I don’t understand why anybody lives in those places. I watched an interview of a black mother in Chicago who had lost three or four children to drive-by shootings. I kept thinking, listen to yourself. Pack your bags and move.
Politicians believe the media is the propaganda wing of the dem/leftist/socialist/progressive/commie party.
Oh wait! They are (for the most part).
Well, that was certainly poorly presented.
To answer the writer’s question (since they lack the journalistic skills to do basic research).
It’s called the WARN Act. Thank Ronald Reagan. (He didn’t sign it, but it went into effect because he didn’t veto it).
So now we know the ‘what’ and the ‘who’.
Lots of fine print, but if you have more than 100 employees, and lay off 50 or more, you should make sure you comply with the notice requirements. And New York has additional, stricter, state requirements.
Editorial writers can’t write breaking news?
“Should have cut by 3 4 or 5 weekly.”
I thought something similar. But it’s entirely possible the people making the call are drama queens, or, they simply ran out of money. But you’d think that the company lawyer, assuming they have one, would have warned them not to violate the law.
Federal penalty is up to 60 days back pay, less any pay in lieu of notice. I have no idea what the New York penalties are.
Bi Polar?
“Is it still America?”
No...it’s New York. Iowa, for example, is America.
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