Advance Layoff Notice Provision and the WARN Act

Bruce Fallick, Dylan C. Jacobs and Pawel Krolikowski
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Economic Commentary, 2024, vol. 2024, issue 18, 10

Abstract: We find that the incidence of advance layoff notice more than doubled in the years following the passage of the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. Geographic variation confirms that the act was likely responsible for this increase. We also find that state-level mini-WARN Acts that increased notification coverage had no discernible effect on the incidence of advance notice in these states. But the mini-WARN Act in New York that increased the required length of notice resulted in a commensurate increase in advance notice for affected workers.

Keywords: Labor economics; Economic policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.26509/frbc-ec-202418

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