WARN - District of Columbia

Summary of differences between federal and state regulations

The District of Columbia does not have any codes which specifically address plant closings and mass layoffs.

Employers having 100 or more employees (not counting employees who worked less than six months of the last 12 months and not counting employees who average less than 20 hours a week) are subject to the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN). Employers are required to provide 60 days’ advance notice of covered plant closings and covered mass layoffs. This notice must be given either to the affected workers or their representatives (e.g., a labor union) plus the State dislocated worker unit and the appropriate unit of local government.

State

Contact

Notice to the District of Columbia Dislocated Worker Unit should be addressed as follows:
WARN Program Manager

Regulations

None.

Federal

Contact

U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration

Regulations

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), 29 USC 2101 et seq.; 20 CFR 639