What is the WARN law? Elon Musk's mass layoff at Twitter alleged to be illegal
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: In the wake of reports that Twitter has already shrunk their number of employees by firing 3,700 employees, many are said to be pursuing legal action against their former company. They are said to have been armed with the Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining (WARN) Act which asks businesses with more than 100 employees to provide at least 60 days notice period before going ahead with mass layoffs.
Now, this certainly is not the case with the current scenario in Twitter’s case, as it is alleged that employees were offered only a one-month timeframe. The Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining (WARN) Act calls for mass layoffs when at least 500 employees are let go during a 30-day period, or at least 50 employees if that is one third of an organization’s workforce. However, the organization can offer 60 days of severance pay as compensation instead of a notice period.
