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Re:Fired? Speak No Evil by jgalt212 on Friday January 03, 2014 @10:51AM (#7005991)
If it's a mass layoff, the event will probably fall under the WARN act which requires 60 days notice for "full-time" workers.

http://humanresources.about.com/od/glossaryw/qt/WARN_Act.htm

Re:Fired? Speak No Evil by jgalt212 on Friday January 03, 2014 @11:05AM (#7006080)
plant closing is loosely defined. I worked at a bank that closed a division, and the division closing fell under the WARN Act.
Re:Fired? Speak No Evil by harryh on Friday January 03, 2014 @11:00AM (#7006051)
Only if it's part of a "plant closing."
Re:Fired? Speak No Evil by coldcode on Friday January 03, 2014 @12:00PM (#7006482)
I am currently awaiting a 60 day notice, as 80% of the company is being laid off. Our parent company recently laid off a number of folks who only got 30 as the company is eliminating a large portion of the company.
Re:Fired? Speak No Evil by TomSawyer on Friday January 03, 2014 @12:20PM (#7006614)
A place that I worked at two years ago laid off 2/3 of the company just 49 days after I'd joined. They weren't as brain dead as the federal legislature so they simply framed it as temporary for five months which falls under the requirements of "WARN."