What Employers Can Do to Stay Out of Legal Trouble When Forced to Implement Layoffs

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mass layoffs disparate impact Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)

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“Mass Layoffs in September 2008,” News Release from United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics , October 22, 2008. Statistics are seasonally adjusted, and each mass layoff event involved at least 50 employees from a single employer.

2. 29 C.F.R. § 1607.4(D).

3 29 U.S.C. § 2101, et seq

4 29 U.S.C. § 2102(d).

5. 29 USC § 626.