New York Department of Labor Regulations Implement the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act

As we reported in our previous LawFlash, the New York State Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (New York WARN) is patterned in many ways after the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (WARN). The same can be said of New York WARN's February 1 implementing regulations (the New York Regulations). The New York Regulations make clear that New York WARN imposes certain requirements on New York employers that are not present under WARN. Although they are helpful in many respects, the New York Regulations do not fully clarify a number of ambiguous provisions in New York WARN.

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