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Ninth Circuit Clarifies Meaning of “Voluntary Departure” Under WARN Act

By Marc Alifanz on January 25, 2011
Posted in News, WARN

In Collins v. Gee West Seattle, LLC, a three member Ninth Circuit panel held 2-1 that employees who receive notice of a plant closing, but stop returning to work before the plant closing takes effect, have not “voluntarily departed” under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN).

In Collins, the employer…

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