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Layoffs in Delaware
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Notice rules
Under the federal WARN Act, employers with 100 or more employees generally must give 60 days’ written notice before a plant closing or mass layoff.
Delaware has its own rules (Delaware Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act):
- Applies to employers with 100 or more employees, not counting part-time employees (or 100 or more employees working at least 2,000 hours a week in total).
- Employers must give at least 60 days’ written notice of a mass layoff, plant closing or relocation to affected employees and their representatives, the Delaware Department of Labor’s Division of Employment and Training, and the local Workforce Development Board.
- Unlike the federal law, it also covers relocations: moving all or substantially all of an operation 50 miles or more away.
- The notice must describe any payouts, severance packages, job relocation opportunities and retirement options being offered to the workers.