Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act

Identifier

Identifier

29 U.S.C. §§ 2101 to 2109, 20 CFR Part 639

Level

Federal

Status

In force

Adopted

1988-08-04

Applies from

1989-02-04

Supervisory bodies

DOL Wage and Hour Division

Named requirements

• Covered employers and events

  29 U.S.C. § 2101

  Plant closing and mass layoff definitions and the employee count.

• Sixty day notice

  29 U.S.C. § 2102

  Notice to affected employees, the state dislocated worker unit and local government.

• Exceptions

  29 U.S.C. § 2102(b)

  Faltering company, unforeseeable business circumstances and natural disaster.

• Sale of a business

  29 U.S.C. § 2101(b)(1)

  Who carries the notice duty before and after closing.

Official source

• www.ecfr.gov
• www.ecfr.gov
• www.dol.gov

United States case law

20 decisions · Read from CourtListener, Free Law Project on 2026-08-22.

• Jules Gautier v. Tams Management, Inc.

  4th Cir.2026-01-02Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• A.H. v. N.Y. State Dep't of Health

  2d Cir.2025-08-13Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Roberts v. Genting

  68 F.4th 812d Cir.2023-05-15Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Easom v. US Well Services

  37 F.4th 2385th Cir.2022-06-15Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Waymo LLC v. Uber Technologies, Inc.

  870 F.3d 1342Fed. Cir.2017-09-13Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• McKinney v. Carlton Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Inc.

  868 F.3d 4616th Cir.2017-08-18Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Johnny Meadows v. Latshaw Drilling Company

  866 F.3d 3075th Cir.2017-08-01Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund v. Schal Bovis, Inc.

  826 F.3d 3977th Cir.2016-06-10Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Tracy Morton v. Vanderbilt University

  809 F.3d 2946th Cir.2016-01-05Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Darriest Likes v. DHL Express (USA), Inc.

  787 F.3d 109611th Cir.2015-05-29Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Petroski v. H & R Block Enterprises, LLC

  750 F.3d 9768th Cir.2014-05-02Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome

• Barbara Petroski v. H&R Block Enterprises

  8th Cir.2014-05-02Open to review by a higher court, the source does not state the outcome