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Submit a WARN notice

Learn how to submit a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice in Massachusetts.
Employers must notify state and local officials at least 60 days before a layoff or plant closing.
Download a WARN notice template 

Contacts

MassHire Rapid Response - Contact Information

Phone

Statewide Office Call MassHire Rapid Response - Contact Information, Statewide Office at 857-289-1096

Online

Antoine Jones - Acting Rapid Response Manager Email MassHire Rapid Response - Contact Information at Antoine.Jones@mass.gov

The Details

WARN requirements

Employers must submit a WARN letter when a worksite closing or layoff:

  • Affects 50 or more full-time employees; or
  • Affects at least 50 full-time employees and one-third of the worksite's total workforce; or
  • Affects 500 or more employees at a single site of employment; or
  • Meets the above criteria over a 90-day period

Employees with fewer than 6 months on the job are not counted in the full-time employee threshold.

How to submit

  1. Download the WARN notice template most appropriate for your business
  2. Complete the required information
  3. Email your completed WARN notice as a PDF or Word doc to warnnotice@mass.gov

Please do not mail or fax WARN notices.

Next steps

Rapid Response services

The MassHire Rapid Response team will reach out and work closely with you (and union representatives, if applicable) to identify the best course of action based on:

  • The anticipated layoff schedule
  • Employer needs and expectations
  • Employee needs and expectations
  • Available resources
  • Time and resource constraints
  • Community factors
  • Workforce demographics, education, skills, and needs
MassHire Rapid Response

WARN notice templates

Open DOC file, 48 KB,  Sample WARN notice for staggered layoffs for business with union employees (English, DOC 48 KB)
Open DOC file, 48 KB,  Sample WARN notice for staggered layoffs for businesses with non-union employees (English, DOC 48 KB)
Open DOC file, 47 KB,  Sample WARN notice for one-time layoffs for businesses with union employees (English, DOC 47 KB)
Open DOC file, 47 KB,  Sample WARN notice for one-time layoffs for businesses with non-union employees (English, DOC 47 KB)

Contact

Address
Statewide Office
Saltonstall Building, 100 Cambridge Street, Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114
Directions
Phone
Statewide Office Call MassHire Rapid Response - Contact Information, Statewide Office at 857-289-1096
Online
Antoine Jones - Acting Rapid Response Manager Email MassHire Rapid Response - Contact Information at Antoine.Jones@mass.gov

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