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116L.976 EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.
    Subdivision 1. Notice. (a) The commissioner shall encourage those business establishments
considering a decision to effect a plant closing, substantial layoff, or relocation of operations
located in this state to give notice of that decision as early as possible to the commissioner, the
employees of the affected establishment, any employee organization representing the employees,
and the local government unit in which the affected establishment is located. This notice shall
be in addition to any notice required under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
Act, United States Code, title 29, section 2101.
(b) For purposes of this section, "plant closing" means the announced or actual permanent or
temporary shutdown of a single site of employment, or one or more facilities or operating units
within a single site of employment, if the shutdown results in an employment loss at the single
site of employment during any 30-day period for 50 or more employees excluding employees
who work less than 20 hours per week.
    Subd. 2. Employer responsibility. An employer providing notice of a plant closing,
substantial layoff, or relocation of operations under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act, United States Code, title 29, section 2101, or under subdivision 1 must report
to the commissioner the names, addresses, and occupations of the employees who will be or
have been terminated.
History: 1989 c 282 art 2 s 178; 1993 c 369 s 102; 1994 c 488 s 8; 1999 c 107 s 66; 2000
c 343 s 4; 2001 c 175 s 50; 1Sp2001 c 4 art 2 s 41; 2002 c 380 art 2 s 20; 1Sp2003 c 4 s 1;
2004 c 206 s 47,52

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