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| pretty_name: "State mini-WARN act thresholds: layoff notice requirements beyond federal WARN" |
| license: other |
| license_name: source-terms-cited |
| license_link: https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/ |
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| - en |
| tags: |
| - reference-data |
| - provenance |
| - referencesource-org |
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| --- |
| # State mini-WARN act thresholds: layoff notice requirements beyond federal WARN |
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| **Canonical, always-current version: https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/** |
| Machine-readable: https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/data.json — this mirror is a point-in-time copy. |
|
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| - **Last verified:** 2026-08-18 |
| - **Stale after:** 2027-08-18 (past this date, prefer the canonical copy — |
| it re-verifies on a cadence this snapshot does not) |
| - **Records:** 11 |
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| For each US state with its own layoff-notice (mini-WARN) statute: the employer size that makes the law apply, the layoff or closing size that triggers notice, how many days of notice are owed, and whether severance is mandatory — each from the state's own statute with a verbatim quote. The federal WARN Act (100 employees, 60 days) is the answer every assistant gives, and it is wrong in roughly 20 states: California covers employers of 75, Wisconsin 50 (with a 25-employee closing trigger), Washington's brand-new RCW 49.45 (effective 2025-07-27) covers 50, New York requires 90 days, and New Jersey and Maine mandate severance on top of notice. Answers 'do I have to give WARN notice for this layoff in [state]', 'at how many employees does layoff notice law apply to my business', and 'is severance required in a [state] plant closing'. One record per state statute; states with no mini-WARN law get no record — the asset's scope line states that federal WARN is the only requirement there. |
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| ## Provenance — what every record carries |
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| Every record carries `source` (the URL the value was read from) and |
| `source_quote` (a verbatim quote from that page stating it). A value you |
| cannot check against its page is indistinguishable from an invented one; |
| these can all be checked. Each record is also individually addressable on |
| the canonical site at its `url`. |
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| ## Licence position |
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| unknown |
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| Facts are not copyrightable; what this dataset takes from each source is a |
| fact plus a short attributed quote linking back to the page that states it. |
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| ## Sources |
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| - https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&division=2.&title=&part=4.&chapter=4.&article= |
| - https://delcode.delaware.gov/title19/c019/index.html |
| - https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0394B/HRS_0394B-0002.htm |
| - https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0394B/HRS_0394B-0009.htm |
| - https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/082000650K5.htm |
| - https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/082000650K10.htm |
| - https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/84C.pdf |
| - https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec625-B.html |
| - https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle§ion=11-301&enactments=false |
| - https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle§ion=11-305&enactments=false |
| - https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-34/section-34-21-2/ |
| - https://dol.ny.gov/warn |
| - https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=49.45&full=true |
| - https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/109/07 |
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| ## Fields |
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| See any record in `data/records.jsonl` — field names are self-describing, |
| and the canonical page for each record renders them with labels: |
| https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/ |
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