Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act

those employees who will still be engaged with those who were laid-off. WeaveTech has ensured to hire the best of the best and in doing so they have run an intensive background check allowing them to get to know if their employees will retaliate or not. Employee & Organization Data WeaveTech should determine whether the company has obligations under the Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) or the California WARN as it may have statutory obligations when letting go of a mass amount of employees. The difference between the two is that the California WARN Act is for business with 75 or more employees, and in this case the Federal WARN act is the one that applies as WeaveTech has over 100 employees. WeaveTech is responsible for communicating to its employees 60 days of any large number of layoffs in writing. “Employers who ignore these rules are liable to employees for back pay and benefits for each day of violation up to 60 days, plus penalties and attorneys’ fees. Accordingly, employers should consult with employment counsel to determine whether they have state or Federal WARN Act obligations” (Layoffs Mean Lawsuits, 2009). WeaveTech also need to consider offering a severance package in exchange for a release. WeaveTech will minimize the chances of having any lawsuits by having its employees sign a release of legal claims in exchange for substantial benefits or a severance package in comparison to those employees who are let go without…

negotiated things within Unions is better health care, pensions and better wages or even just making sure the company does not outsource their jobs. Some ways in which labor unions have helped workers is demonstrated with verizon workers who went on strike because their jobs were being outsourced to different countries just because the company wanted to cut down labor costs. With the help of labor unions who negotiated for new contracts which was that for the next four years all customer…

to become certified to represent any company’s employees. The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 gave employees the right to organize and choose representatives to bargain collectively with their employers (Jennings, 2015). The three steps to certifying a labor union are to form a collective bargaining unit, file a petition to represent employees and vote for the union; which in overseen by the National Labor Relation Board. About four years ago, I worked for Levi Strauss, which was unionized.…

that moving their operations to a property they have recently purchased on the Chavon River in the Dominican Republic will stave off the closure of the business. The following will address the corporate social responsibility of the Clean Power Company’s decision to relocate to the Dominican Republic. “When an incorporated business judges the effects of its decision on its multiple stakeholders, and then basis its decisions on the interests and needs of those stakeholders, the company is…

Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act Issues and Concepts The WARN Act states that when a company, that has more than 50 employees, goes bankrupt, they are to provide at least a 60-day written notice of closure to provide the employees ample time to look for another job. (Leonhardt, 2012) Peter Kohlstadt and Dan Braun filed a class action lawsuit against Solyndra because they were not given any warning at all about the company going into bankruptcy and laying off all 1100…

began to discuss Occupational Safety and Health (Chapter 15), Performance Appraisals, Training, and Development (Chapter 16), and Privacy on the Job: Information, Monitoring and Investigation (Chapter 17). In Chapter 15, we discussed the OSH Act and the creation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC), and National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). I did not know that the OSH Act created three…

President Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which provided billions of dollars in loan guarantees to green energy companies (factcheck.org). Supporting clean energy businesses was supposed to create jobs and cut America’s reliance on foreign oil. However, Solyndra was a failing company Solyndra ended up declaring bankruptcy two and a half years after receiving the loan guarantee from the Department of Energy. Ultimately, Solyndra failed as a company because they could not…

Solyndra, A U.S. Solar Panel Manufacturer Solyndra was the first manufacturer to receive a guaranteed loan from the government under the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and was endorsed as a model manufacturer for the clean energy economy. In this essay we will look at a brief history of Solyndra, their unethical behavior, ethical framework, and the laws that pertain to this company. It is always an unfortunate situation when a large company, such as Solyndra, is viewed as becoming very successful…

will mean that departments which are already managed efficiently will be cut too deeply and departments which are overstaffed will not be cut enough (Lam et al., 2007). The best approach Howell can take to effectively make staff reduction decisions is to collaborate with Brad Smith at the San Francisco facility. Both Smith and Howell should collaborate to determine which departments in San Francisco require additional production employees and which departments are already fully staffed.…

Business has been very bad lately, and there are rumors of consolidation, reorganization, and even bankruptcy. What protection is Reagan given under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act? (TCO 5) When a job analyst watches employees directly or reviews films of workers on the job, which analysis method is being used? (TCO 4) Which of the following is not one of the guidelines for administering discipline? (TCO 5) This job analysis method requires job incumbents to record their…