"Check if Your State Allows Layoff and Closure Information"
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act) requires employers with 100 or more full-time employees to give 60 days of advanced notice for plant closings or mass layoffs. Some states have even stricter rules, requiring WARN notices from smaller companies or employers planning layoffs that affect fewer people. Many states make filed WARN notices publicly available online, and searching your state’s name plus “WARN notices” will point you in the right direction to find your state’s database, if it’s available online. The latest jobless claims numbers show 13,000 more people applied for unemployment benefits in the last week of April when compared to the week before.