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WARN Act and Missing Notices — What to Do If You Never Got a Layoff Notice

The whole point of the WARN Act is advance warning. When a covered employer plans a mass layoff or plant closing, it must give affected workers 60 days' notice before the job loss takes effect.

  • WARN Act mandates 60-day notice for mass layoffs in companies with 100+ full-time employees.
  • Workers can file private lawsuits for back pay, attorney fees, and penalties if no notice is given.

Businesses face ‘sharpened scrutiny’ on cyber policies after fridge hacks

Insurance underwriters will scrutinise businesses’ technology more closely when pricing future cyber policies following the wave of recent cyberattacks on European supermarkets. The attacks, which forced retailers in Sweden, Belgium, and Ireland to throw away large quantities of fresh and frozen food after refrigeration systems were…

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