Layoffs, firings and resignations

Employers are required to give a copy of this form to each employee who is separated from work. It is also available in foreign languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Haitian-Creole.

Massachusetts provides assistance to employers facing a closing or layoff through the Rapid Response Team, which provides no-cost, early-intervention, re-employment services to employers and their employees.

Participation in the Massachusetts WorkSharing Program is your alternative to layoffs during temporary business slowdowns. WorkSharing allows workers — in an entire company, a company department, or even a small unit within the company — to share reduced work hours while also collecting unemployment insurance benefits to supplement their reduced wages.

Is the impact of international trade about to cause layoffs at your company? Have your hours been reduced due to international trade? Learn about the Trade Act of 1974 established the Trade Adjustment Assistance Program, which provides re-employment services, Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA), and monetary benefits — Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA) — to workers whose jobs have been adversely affected by foreign competition.