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Business Closing and Mass Layoff Notification Requirements Who must provide notice and when? With certain exceptions, businesses employing 50 or more persons in the State of Wisconsin must provide written notice 60 days before implementing a "business closing" or "mass layoff". The federal or state government (and their political subdivisions), charitable, or tax exempt institutions and organizations and independent contractors are not covered under this law and do not have to provide notice. Additional exceptions exist in various situations involving strikes or lockouts, sales, relocations, temporary or seasonal employment, unforeseeable circumstances, natural or man-made disasters, temporary cessation in operations or businesses in financial trouble.
Who must be notified? Employees are entitled to receive notice if they are counted as part of a "business closing" or "mass layoff". Employees are counted if their employment is terminated (not including discharges for cause, voluntary departures or retirements), if they are laid off for more than 6 months, or if their hours are reduced more than 50% during each month of any 6 month period. New or low-hour employees (who have been employed for fewer than 6 of the 12 months preceding the date on which notice is required or who average fewer than 20 hours of work per week) are not counted. How do I contact the Wisconsin Dislocated Worker Unit? |
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