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

For Washington, law category is layoff notification; state law name is WA Mini-WARN; state threshold is 50; federal threshold is 100; key differences is lower threshold (50 vs 100 employees), effective July 27, 2025, recorded from its source on 2026-08-14.

- **State:** Washington _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Law category:** layoff notification _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **State law name:** WA Mini-WARN _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **State threshold:** 50 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Federal threshold:** 100
- **Key differences:** lower threshold (50 vs 100 employees), effective July 27, 2025
- **Coverage / scope:** 60 days
- **Statute citation:** RCW 50.110 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Washington | WA Mini-WARN (RCW 50.110, eff. July 27, 2025) | 50 | 60 | No

## 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/).