[reaganaut1]

I think this New York state law is a good idea, but it is the law:

https://labor.ny.gov/workforcenypartners/warn/warnportal.shtm
“The New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act requires businesses to give early warning of closing and layoffs.”

[Dutch Boy]

I was just about to post the same link.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

If they keep the staffers on payroll for the required waiting period, does that meet legal requirements. (This is the kind of law that discourages businesses from setting up in New York and other “rust belt” states.)

[Leaning Right]

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.

[scrabblehack]

Editorial writers can’t write breaking news?