WARN Act by state: notice rules and recent filings

Notice: 60 days

No separate Alabama mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Alaska mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Arizona mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Arkansas mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

A “covered establishment” that employs, or employed in the preceding 12 months, 75 or more full- and part-time employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Colorado mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate general Connecticut layoff-notice mini-WARN law was identified through the official sources reviewed; federal WARN (100+ employees) governs notice. Connecticut adds a limited requirement to continue group health coverage on certain closings/relocations.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Delaware mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate District of Columbia mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Florida mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Georgia mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

A business with 50 or more full-time workers (excluding workers with less than 6 months on the job or fewer than 20 hours/week).

Notice: 60 days

No separate Idaho mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

Employers with 75 or more full-time employees (a lower threshold than federal WARN's 100).

Notice: 60 days

No separate Indiana mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 30 days

Employers with 25 or more employees (excluding part-time employees) — a lower threshold than federal WARN's 100.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Kansas mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Kentucky mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Louisiana mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: See page

A “covered establishment” — a facility that employs or employed 100 or more persons in the preceding 12 months.

Notice: 60 days

Employers with 50 or more individuals.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Massachusetts mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Michigan mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Minnesota mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Mississippi mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Missouri mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Montana mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Nebraska mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Nevada mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: See page

Federal WARN (100+ employees) governs advance notice to employees. Separately, New Hampshire requires employers to report any temporary or permanent layoff of 25 or more individuals to New Hampshire Employment Security — a reporting requirement, not an advance-notice mini-WARN.

Notice: 90 days

Employers with 100 or more employees (part-time employees are counted).

Notice: 60 days

No separate New Mexico mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 90 days

Private employers with 50 or more full-time employees in New York State.

Notice: 60 days

No separate North Carolina mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: See page

Federal WARN (100+ employees) governs advance notice to employees. Separately, North Dakota requires an employer to file a mass-separation notice with Job Service North Dakota when it lays off 25 or more workers at a single establishment — a reporting requirement, not an advance-notice mini-WARN.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Ohio mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Oklahoma mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Oregon mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Pennsylvania mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Rhode Island mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate South Carolina mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate South Dakota mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: See page

Employers with at least 50 but not more than 99 full-time employees within Tennessee (Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-601), filling the gap below federal WARN's 100-employee coverage.

Notice: 60 days

No separate general Texas mini-WARN law was identified through the current official state sources reviewed. Federal WARN generally applies to employers with 100 or more full-time employees.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Utah mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 45 days

Federal WARN (100+ employees) governs advance notice to employees. Separately, Vermont's Notice of Potential Layoffs Act requires an employer that closes or conducts a mass layoff of 50 or more employees at one or more Vermont worksites over any 90-day period to notify state officials in advance.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Virginia mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

Employers with 50 or more employees (as defined in Ch. 49.45 RCW). The covered event is a business closing or mass layoff affecting 50 or more workers at a single site.

Notice: 60 days

No separate West Virginia mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.

Notice: 60 days

Employers that employ 50 or more persons in Wisconsin.

Notice: 60 days

No separate Wyoming mini-WARN law was identified in the official state sources reviewed, so federal WARN is the operative rule — generally employers with 100 or more employees.