New York Amends State WARN Act (6/21/23)

​Compliance with the New York Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (NY WARN) Act just got harder (again). On June 21, 2023, the New York Department of Labor's amendments to the NY WARN regulations took effect and some of the changes are sweeping.

Under the amended regulations, the definition of a covered employer is expanded to count not just employees at a single site of employment in the state, but also employees who work remotely but are "based at the employment site."

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Amendments to the New York WARN Act Regulations are Now in Effect
Littler | Jun 2023

Effective date: 6/21/23
Text of NYS WARN Regulations.

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