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Summary of differences between federal and state regulations
Under federal law, 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 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.
Effective July 1, 2010, employers in Iowa with 25 or more employees are subject to the Iowa Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act. The notice requirements are similar to the federal WARN law, but the state law applies to smaller employers, and to smaller layoffs.
The state law defines a “business closing” as a temporary or permanent closing that results in an employment loss affecting 25 or more employees (where “employment loss” means six months or longer). The state law defines a “mass layoff” as one resulting in an employment loss of 25 or more employees within a 30 day period.
State
Contacts
Employers must send WARN Act notices to:
Director, Iowa Workforce Development
Rapid Response Team Lead; Service Delivery Bureau; Iowa Workforce Development
Regulations
Iowa Code Title III, Subtitle 2, Chapter 84C, Iowa Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act
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