As of the new year, New Hampshire employers became aware of new guidelines under the Workforce Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. This new legislation requires local companies that meet specific criteria to give advance notice of a layoff or closing.

However, there are steps that you can take as a business to prevent a layoff or closing. In the linked blog posting, New Hampshire Division of Economic Development Employee Retention Project Manager Fran Allain details some of those steps and helps to explain the new WARN Act law.

To learn more, visit http://www.nheconomy.com/workforce/WarnBusinessServices.aspx.

Tags: Fran Allain, New Hampshire Division of Economic Development, WARN

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