New Jersey Employment Lawyers See Increase In Calls From Companies Seeking Advice On Mass Layoffs.
New Jersey employment lawyers are seeing an increase in the number of calls from businesses seeking advice on how to structure layoffs. According to www.nj.biz.com, New Jersey employment lawyers are reporting that when people are out of work for extended periods of time they are more likely to contest the selection process utilized in the termination process.
New Jersey companies forced to implement a mass layoff face a maze of regulations under New Jersey employment law. For example, some companies are required to give 60 days notice under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act)before laying off employees. These same companies may also be subject to the New Jersey version of the WARN Act, the Millville Dallas Airmotive Plant Job Loss Notification Act which also requires 60 days notice before laying off employees. Failure to comply with the law can result in a class action lawsuit by the employees, along with a claim for attorney's fees.
Companies also run the risk in a layoff of being sued for discrimination based on age, race, gender, sexual orientation and other protected classifications under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The process of structuring mass layoffs is extremely complex.
