Question

The Scooter Store notified its employees at 5pm on Friday that it is laying off two-thirds of its workforce as of today and told them not to come in on Monday. It failed to provided advance notice to anyone and in doing so likely violated
a. the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.
b. the Worker Retention Act.
c. the Worker Readjustment Act.
d. the Worker Notification Act.

Answer 1

Answer:

Option A, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, is the right answer.

Explanation:

Enacted by a veto-proof Democratic majority in the U.S. Congress and became law without the signature of Ronald Reagan, the then U.S. President, the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act came into force in the year 1989. This act has remained one of the most significant acts in the labor history of the United States. With the enactment, the U.S. Congress made a law which gave protection to the workers, their households, and neighborhoods by claiming most businesses with 100 or more workers to give 60-day advance information of factory shutting down and bulk layoffs of workers.

Therefore, if the Scooter Store is notifying two-thirds of its workforce to layoff at a time, this means the store is violating the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act.