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  • Ugly ugly question, and I hope you are not involved in any layoff. In short, an employer does not have to provide any advance notice of a layoff period. A very difficult position for employees to be in, but many employers do not announce layoffs so not to disturb current work routines and clients, as well as employees jumping ship. This is especially true in small and mid size organizations. When you read about mega size companies laying off 'x' number of employees, it is done in an organized way for the employees to have a chance to obtain other employment, or work with an outsource consultant to assist with the layoff. For employees of a company, if they have a vested interest in their job and company, when they see a continued dropo in revenue, it is a sure bet changes will occur, usually layoffs. Best of luck to you, and again, i hope you are not in this situation
  • In the US, none at all. In a lot of states, they can even change the severance package deals on you at the last minute. When I signed on to my current company, we got 2 weeks for every year we worked for the company. Now it is one week.
  • The answer is: it depends. Generally, for "at will" workers the company doesn't have to give any notice. However, there is a federal law called the Workers Adjustment and Retraining Act (WARN) which in certain cases of plant closure or reducing the number of employees at a single site by more than 500 people or 33% they're required to give 60 days notice. Additional factors that could affect notice are local/state laws as well as any union agreements that may be in place.

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