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Summary of difference between federal and state regulations
Maine has several statutes that cover plant closings. In addition to 60 days advance notice, the state of Maine requires that employers that relocate or close a covered establishment are liable to employees to severance pay of a week’s pay for each year of service.
Some plant closings or mass layoffs fall under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN). Under WARN, employers are required to provide 60 days’ advance notice of covered plant closings and mass layoffs, notify the affected workers or their representatives, and the appropriate governmental units. See WARN for more information.
WARN does not preempt any other federal, state, or local law, or any employer/employee agreement that requires other notification or benefit. Rather, the rights provided by WARN supplement those provided by other federal, state, or local laws.
State
Contact
Maine Department of Labor; Bureau of Employment Services
Regulations
Title 26, Ch. 7, §625-B. Severance pay
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/statutes/26/title26sec625-B.html
Federal
Contact
Regulations
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN):
29 USC §2101 et seq.; 20 CFR 639