# New Jersey — State employment law headcount triggers that deviate from federal thresholds

For New Jersey, law category is layoff notification; state law name is NJ WARN; state threshold is 100; federal threshold is 100; key differences is same threshold as federal (100 employees), longer notice period (90 days vs 60 days), mandatory severance pay (one week per year of service), recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

- **State:** New Jersey _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Law category:** layoff notification _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State law name:** NJ WARN _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State threshold:** 100 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Federal threshold:** 100 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Key differences:** same threshold as federal (100 employees), longer notice period (90 days vs 60 days), mandatory severance pay (one week per year of service)
- **Coverage / scope:** 90 days
- **Statute citation:** N.J.S.A. 34:21-1 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> New Jersey | NJ WARN (N.J.S.A. 34:21-1) | 100 | 90 | Yes

## Source

- https://layoffcalculator.com/insights/state-mini-warn-guide

Last verified: 2026-08-14. Review by: 2027-02-10.
Part of [State employment law headcount triggers that deviate from federal thresholds](https://referencesource.org/state-employment-law-headcount-triggers/).