Q&A

What was final day of production for Oshawa GM plant?

What was final day of production for Oshawa GM plant?

Instead, it marked the final day of production for the sprawling truck plant that has left thousands scrambling for jobs in the new year.

When do employers have to give notice of termination?

No matter the reason for the termination, the employer can ask the employee to work for several days, but it is more likely that the day of termination is the employee’s last day. In certain cases, employers must give the workers advanced notice of mass layoffs or plant closure.

Is the Komatsu plant in Bluefield VA closing?

— The Komatsu manufacturing plant in Bluefield, Va. announced today it is closing, catching employees at the facility off guard. “We didn’t even know it,” said Tucker Meadows of Princeton, who has worked for the company for 33 years.

When to give notice of mass layoff under WARN Act?

Additionally, the WARN Act requires employers to give notice of any mass layoff, that does not result from a plant closing but will result in an employment loss of 500 or more employee jobs during any 30-day period. The Act also covers employment loss for 50-499 employees if they make up at least 33% of the employer’s active workforce.

How long do you have to give employees notice of plant closing?

If your employer sells all or part of its business, there are certain protections for all affected employees: If the sale by a covered employer results in a covered plant closing or mass layoff, the required parties must receive at least 60 days notice.

How many employees are affected by plant closures?

Under the WARN Act, plant closures are defined as closing a facility either temporarily or permanently that will affect at least 50 full-time workers. Unit or division closures that affect fewer than 50 full-time workers but cause enough layoffs of other employees that the total of layoffs reaches 50 or more also qualify.

When do plant closings and mass layoffs happen?

For the purposes of the WARN Act a plant closing happens when your employer shuts down a facility or operating unit within a single site of employment and lays off 50 or more full-time workers during any 30-day period.

What do you need to know about plant closings?

Your Rights Plant Closings / Mass Layoffs. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act offers some protection to workers, their families and communities against plant closings and/or mass layoffs, by requiring employers to give their workers sixty days notice before a plant closing or mass layoff.