What are the rules that govern redundancy procedures? The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires private sector employers to give 60 days' notice of mass layoffs and plant closures; it allows a number of exceptions for unforeseen emergencies and other cases.
Texas's WARN Act ensures protection for workers facing layoffs or plant closures. Employers in Texas are mandated to provide advance notice to employees when aware of impending closures or layoffs. This notice serves to offer employees adequate time to explore alternative employment options.
Layoffs, firings, or other reductions in force that are intended to prevent employees from engaging in coordinated activity, or intended to be retaliation for such coordinated activity, are often grounds for a wrongful termination lawsuit.
You can be made redundant if: the business is failing. the business, or part of it, has stopped operating (often called becoming insolvent or going bust) your skills are no longer needed. your work is being done by other people, after a reorganisation. the business, or the work you're doing, moves to another location.
The federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act) requires employers to provide 60 days' notice, during which all wages and benefits will continue to flow as usual, giving those who were laid off at least a little time to brace for unemployment, or get busy finding that new (better — knock wood) ...
Employees: Advance Notice: The WARN Act in Texas requires covered employers to provide written notice to their employees at least 60 days before a plant closing or mass layoff. This notice allows employees to prepare for potential job loss and seek alternative employment or training opportunities.
Texas employers are not required to offer severance payments to employees they lay off or terminate, unless there is a specific employment contract or company policy requiring the payments.
You can also file a complaint with the Department of Labor The DOL Wage & Hour Division can provide you with information as to what sorts of claims or complaints they accept and how their process works. They can be contacted at 866-487-9243. They also have a webpage with information that might be helpful.