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Advance Layoff Notice Provision and the WARN Act

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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.

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  • Bruce Fallick & Dylan C. Jacobs & Pawel Krolikowski, 2024. "Advance Layoff Notice Provision and the WARN Act," Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, vol. 2024(18), pages 1-10, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedcec:99013
    DOI: 10.26509/frbc-ec-202418
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    1. John T. Addison & McKinley L. Blackburn, 1994. "The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act: Effects on Notice Provision," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 47(4), pages 650-662, July.
    2. Pawel Krolikowski & Kurt Graden Lunsford & Meifeng dup Yang, 2019. "Using Advance Layoff Notices as a Labor Market Indicator," Economic Commentary, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, vol. 2019(21), December.
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