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Cal/WARN Act	[ "state" ]	employs, or has employed within the preceding 12 months, 75 or more persons	california	60 days before the order takes effect	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displayText.xhtml?lawCode=LAB&division=2.&title=&part=4.&chapter=4.&article=	“Covered establishment” means any industrial or commercial facility or part thereof that employs, or has employed within the preceding 12 months, 75 or more persons. (b) “Employer” means any person, as defined by Section 18, who directly or indirectly owns and operates a covered establishment. A parent corporation is a...	California	a layoff during any 30-day period of 50 or more employees at a covered establishment	https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/california/	[ "citation", "employer_coverage", "notice_days", "trigger_event" ]	null	null	null
CHAPTER 19. Delaware Workplace Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act	[ "state" ]	Any business enterprise that employs 100 or more employees, excluding part-time employees, or 100 or more employees that work in the aggregate at least 2,000 hours per week	delaware	An employer may not order a mass layoff, plant closing, or relocation if the mass layoff, plant closing, or relocation will cause an employment loss unless, at least 60 days before the order takes effect, the employer gives written notice of the order	https://delcode.delaware.gov/title19/c019/index.html	(4) “Employer” means: a. Any business enterprise that employs 100 or more employees, excluding part-time employees, or 100 or more employees that work in the aggregate at least 2,000 hours per week. b. “Employer” does not include the federal or state government or any of their political subdivisions, including any unit...	Delaware	a plant closing — the permanent or temporary shutdown of a single site of employment, or 1 or more facilities or operating units within a single site of employment, if the shutdown results in an employment loss at the single site of employment during any 30-day period for 50 or more employees (other than part-time empl...	https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/delaware/	[ "citation", "employer_coverage", "notice_days", "trigger_event" ]	null	null	null
§394B-2	[ "state" ]	"Covered establishment" means any industrial, commercial, or other business entity that employs at any time in the preceding twelve-month period, fifty or more persons	hawaii	null	https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0394B/HRS_0394B-0002.htm	§394B-2 Definitions. As used in this chapter: "Closing" means the permanent shutting down of all operations within a covered establishment due to the sale, transfer, merger, other business takeover or transaction of business interests, bankruptcy, or other close of business transaction that results in or may result in ...	Hawaii	a closing — the permanent shutting down of all operations within a covered establishment due to the sale, transfer, merger, other business takeover or transaction of business interests, bankruptcy, or other close of business transaction — or a divestiture, partial closing, or relocation of a covered establishment	https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/hawaii/	[ "citation", "employer_coverage", "trigger_event" ]	[ { "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:00:00", "field": "notice_days", "source": "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0394B/HRS_0394B-0009.htm", "source_quote": "§394B-9 Notification; penalty. (a) An employer in a covered establishment shall provide to each employee and the director wr...	[]	null
820 ILCS 65/5	[ "state" ]	"Employer" means any business enterprise that employs: (1) 75 or more employees, excluding part-time employees; or (2) 75 or more employees who in the aggregate work at least 4,000 hours per week (exclusive of hours of overtime)	illinois	null	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/082000650K5.htm	(c) "Employer" means any business enterprise that employs: (1) 75 or more employees, excluding part-time \| \| employees; or \| \| (2) 75 or more employees who in the aggregate work at \| \| least 4,000 hours per week (exclusive of hours of overtime). \| \| (d) "Mass layoff" means a reduction in force which: (1) is not the res...	Illinois	a plant closing — a shutdown resulting in an employment loss at the single site of employment during any 30-day period for 50 or more employees excluding any part-time employees — or a mass layoff resulting in an employment loss during any 30-day period for at least 33% of the employees and at least 25 employees (exclu...	https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/illinois/	[ "citation", "employer_coverage", "trigger_event" ]	[ { "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:00:00", "field": "notice_days", "source": "https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/documents/082000650K10.htm", "source_quote": "(a) An employer may not order a mass layoff, relocation, or employment loss unless, 60 days before the order takes effect, the employer gives writt...	[]	null
Chapter 84C	[ "state" ]	“Employer” means a person who employs twenty-five or more employees, excluding part-time employees	iowa	An employer who plans a business closing or a mass layoff shall not order such action until the end of a thirty-day period which begins after the employer serves written notice of such action	https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/84C.pdf	2. “Business closing” means the permanent or temporary shutdown of a single site of employment of one or more facilities or operating units that will result in an employment loss for twenty-five or more employees, other than part-time employees. 3. “Department” means the department of workforce development. 4. “Employe...	Iowa	a business closing — the permanent or temporary shutdown of a single site of employment of one or more facilities or operating units that will result in an employment loss for twenty-five or more employees, other than part-time employees — or a mass layoff, a reduction in employment force that is not the result of a bu...	https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/iowa/	[ "citation", "employer_coverage", "notice_days", "trigger_event" ]	null	null	null
§625-B	[ "state" ]	"Covered establishment" means any facility or part thereof that employs or has employed at any time in the preceding 12-month period 100 or more persons	maine	notify the director in writing not less than 90 days prior to the relocation or closing	https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec625-B.html	"Covered establishment" means any facility or part thereof that employs or has employed at any time in the preceding 12-month period 100 or more persons. [PL 2023, c. 52, §1 (AMD).] A-1. "Closing" means the permanent shutdown of operations at a covered establishment. A closing may occur due to relocation or termination...	Maine	a closing (the permanent shutdown of operations at a covered establishment) or a mass layoff — a reduction in workforce, not the result of a closing, that results in an employment loss at a covered establishment for at least 6 months of at least: (1) Thirty-three percent of the employees and at least 50 employees; or (...	https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/maine/	[ "citation", "employer_coverage", "notice_days", "severance", "trigger_event" ]	null	null	severance pay at the rate of one week's pay for each year, and partial pay for any partial year, from the last full month of employment by the employee in that establishment
11-301	[ "state" ]	means any person, corporation, or other entity that employs at least 50 employees and operates an industrial, commercial, or business enterprise in the State	maryland	null	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle&section=11-301&enactments=false	(c) (1) “Employer” means any person, corporation, or other entity that employs at least 50 employees and operates an industrial, commercial, or business enterprise in the State. (2) “Employer” does not include the State or its political subdivisions or any employer who has been doing business in...	Maryland	a reduction in operations — the relocation of a part of an employer’s operation from an initial workplace to another existing or proposed site that may reduce the total number of employees at the initial workplace by at least 25% or 15 employees, whichever is greater; or the shutting down of a workplace or a portion of...	https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/maryland/	[ "citation", "employer_coverage", "trigger_event" ]	[ { "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:00:00", "field": "notice_days", "source": "https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=gle&section=11-305&enactments=false", "source_quote": "(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, an employer shall provide written notice at least 60 d...	[]	null
34:21-2	[ "state" ]	an employer who employs 100 or more employees	new-jersey	not less than 90 days, or the period of time required pursuant to the federal "Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act," 29 U.S.C. s.2101 et seq., or any amendments thereto, whichever is longer	https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-34/section-34-21-2/	2. If an establishment is subject to a transfer of operations or a termination of operations which results, during any continuous period of not more than 30 days, in the termination of employment of 50 or more employees, or if an employer conducts a mass layoff, the employer who operates the establishment or conducts t...	New Jersey	a transfer of operations or a termination of operations which results, during any continuous period of not more than 30 days, in the termination of employment of 50 or more employees, or if an employer conducts a mass layoff	https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/new-jersey/	[ "citation", "employer_coverage", "notice_days", "severance", "trigger_event" ]	null	null	severance pay equal to one week of pay for each full year of employment. If the employer provides any employee with less than the number of days of notification required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the employer shall provide that employee with an additional four weeks of pay
New York State WARN Act	[ "state" ]	The WARN Act applies to private businesses with 50 or more full-time employees in New York State.	new-york	covered businesses must provide all employees with notice 90 days prior to a plant closing, mass layoff, relocation, or other covered reduction in work hours	https://dol.ny.gov/warn	The WARN Act applies to private businesses with 50 or more full-time employees in New York State. It covers: Closings affecting 25 or more employees Mass layoffs involving 25 or more full-time employees (if the 25 or more employees make up at least 33% of all the employees at the site) Mass layoffs involving 250 or mor...	New York	Closings affecting 25 or more employees; mass layoffs involving 25 or more full-time employees (if the 25 or more employees make up at least 33% of all the employees at the site); mass layoffs involving 250 or more full-time employees; certain other relocations and covered reductions in work hours	https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/new-york/	[ "citation", "employer_coverage", "notice_days", "trigger_event" ]	null	null	null
Chapter 49.45 RCW	[ "state" ]	"Employer" means a person who employs 50 or more employees in this state, excluding part-time employees. "Employer" does not include the state or any political subdivision thereof, including any unit of local government, or any Indian tribe	washington	an employer may not order a business closing or a mass layoff until the end of a 60-day period that begins after the employer, pursuant to this section, serves written notice	https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=49.45&full=true	"Business closing" means the permanent or temporary shutdown of a single site of employment of one or more facilities or operating units that will result in an employment loss for 50 or more employees, excluding part-time employees. (5) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the employment security department. (6) "D...	Washington	a business closing — the permanent or temporary shutdown of a single site of employment of one or more facilities or operating units that will result in an employment loss for 50 or more employees, excluding part-time employees — or a mass layoff that results in an employment loss during any 30-day period of 50 or more...	https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/washington/	[ "citation", "employer_coverage", "notice_days", "trigger_event" ]	null	null	null
109.07	[ "state" ]	“Employer” means any business enterprise that employs 50 or more persons in this state.	wisconsin	no later than 60 days prior to the date on which the business closing or mass layoff takes place	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/109/07	“Business closing” means a permanent or temporary shutdown of an employment site or of one or more facilities or operating units at an employment site or within a single municipality that affects 25 or more employees, not including new or low-hour employees. <https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/statutes/109.07(1)...	Wisconsin	a business closing that affects 25 or more employees, not including new or low-hour employees; a mass layoff that affects at least 25 percent of the employer’s work force or 25 employees, whichever is greater, or at least 500 employees	https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/wisconsin/	[ "citation", "employer_coverage", "notice_days", "trigger_event" ]	null	null	null

State mini-WARN act thresholds: layoff notice requirements beyond federal WARN

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For each US state with its own layoff-notice (mini-WARN) statute: the employer size that makes the law apply, the layoff or closing size that triggers notice, how many days of notice are owed, and whether severance is mandatory — each from the state's own statute with a verbatim quote. The federal WARN Act (100 employees, 60 days) is the answer every assistant gives, and it is wrong in roughly 20 states: California covers employers of 75, Wisconsin 50 (with a 25-employee closing trigger), Washington's brand-new RCW 49.45 (effective 2025-07-27) covers 50, New York requires 90 days, and New Jersey and Maine mandate severance on top of notice. Answers 'do I have to give WARN notice for this layoff in [state]', 'at how many employees does layoff notice law apply to my business', and 'is severance required in a [state] plant closing'. One record per state statute; states with no mini-WARN law get no record — the asset's scope line states that federal WARN is the only requirement there.

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