Employees: Can Warn Notice be Extended?

Question presented:

Can a WARN Act Notice be extended?

We invite your attention to our disclaimer.

Your employer can extend the notice when the date or schedule of dates of a planned plant closing or mass layoff is extended beyond the date or the end­ing date of any 14-day period announced in the original notice if:

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   The mass layoff or plant closing is postponed for less than 60 days, in which case additional notice should be given as soon as possible and should include reference to the earlier notice, the new action date, and the reason for the postponement. The notice does not need to be for­mal but should be given in a manner that will provide the information to you; or
   
   
2. The postponement is for 60 days or more, in which case you must receive a new WARN notice. Routine periodic notice, given whether or not a plant closing or mass layoff is impending, and with the intent to evade specific notice as required by WARN, is not acceptable.