Section 1401 Of Chapter 4. Relocations, Terminations, And Mass Layoffs From California Labor Code >> Division 2. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 4.
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. (a) An employer may not order a mass layoff, relocation, or
termination at a covered establishment unless, 60 days before the
order takes effect, the employer gives written notice of the order to
the following:
(1) The employees of the covered establishment affected by the
order.
(2) The Employment Development Department, the local workforce
investment board, and the chief elected official of each city and
county government within which the termination, relocation, or mass
layoff occurs.
(b) An employer required to give notice of any mass layoff,
relocation, or termination under this chapter shall include in its
notice the elements required by the federal Worker Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 2101 et seq.).
(c) Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (a), an
employer is not required to provide notice if a mass layoff,
relocation, or termination is necessitated by a physical calamity or
act of war.