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Re:Stack Overflow reducing headcount by 20% by pkaye on Thursday November 02, 2017 @11:11PM (#15616425)
The WARN act is part of US labor law. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_Adjustment_and_Retraini...

For larger companies with layoffs beyond a threshold, they employer must give 60 days notice. I think they can instead give 60 days severance.

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Re:Stack Overflow reducing headcount by 20% by dragonwriter on Thursday November 02, 2017 @11:50PM (#15616554)
Yeah, but the threshold is quite large; 500+ workers at a single site, or both 50-499 workers and over a third of the site workforce.

The Stack Overflow layoffs are 60 people and 20% of their workforce, and so wouldn't (even at a single site) be subject to the WARN Act’s 60-day notice requirement.

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Re:Stack Overflow reducing headcount by 20% by pkaye on Friday November 03, 2017 @12:57AM (#15616808)
True it could be stronger. Some states like California have more stringent versions.
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