[elicash]

I know here in the United States we have the WARN Act to require notification about layoffs, but I have no knowledge of how that ends up working out in the real world and whether it would apply in these circumstances. Anybody at Hacker News know?

Edit: You can see an example of WARN Act filings in California here, for example (PDF): https://www.edd.ca.gov/jobs_and_training/warn/WARN_Report_fo...

On there you'll find Instacart, Tesla, Apple, Boeing, PayPal, and others (mostly non-tech, of course).

[Twirrim]

There are a bunch of gotchas on the WARN act, and companies in America are really good at fudging around to avoid having to make notifications.

> The WARN Act is not activated when a covered employer:

> * closes a temporary facility or completes a temporary project, and the employees working in the facility or temporary project were hired with the clear understanding that their employment would end with the closing of the work facility or the completion of the project; or

> * closes a facility or operating unit because of a strike or a worker lock-out, and the closing is not intended to evade the purposes of the WARN Act.

> * If a plant closing or a mass layoff results in fewer than 50 workers losing their jobs at a single employment site;

> * If 50 to 499 workers lose their jobs and that number is less than 33 percent of the employer's total, active workforce at a single employment site;

> * If a layoff is for 6 months or less; or

> * If work hours are not reduced 50 percent in each month of any 6-month period

[leetcrew]

please don't quote things this way. even if I maximize the browser window on my desktop, I still have to horizontally scroll each line to read. it's even worse on mobile.

just use a single '>' or italics like everyone else does.

[Twirrim]

Fixed. Apologies, I formatted that in my usual pre-caffeinated, early-morning fuzz.