# New Jersey — State mini-WARN act thresholds: layoff notice requirements beyond federal WARN

For New Jersey, employer covered when is an employer who employs 100 or more employees; notice triggered by is a transfer of operations or a termination of operations which results, during any continuous period of not more than 30 days, in the termination of employment of 50 or more employees, or if an employer conducts a mass layoff; notice period is not less than 90 days, or the period of time required pursuant to the federal "Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act," 29 U.S.C. s.2101 et seq., or any amendments thereto, whichever is longer; severance required? is severance pay equal to one week of pay for each full year of employment. If the employer provides any employee with less than the number of days of notification required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the employer shall provide that employee with an additional four weeks of pay; statute is 34:21-2, verified against its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** New Jersey _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Employer covered when:** an employer who employs 100 or more employees _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notice triggered by:** a transfer of operations or a termination of operations which results, during any continuous period of not more than 30 days, in the termination of employment of 50 or more employees, or if an employer conducts a mass layoff _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notice period:** not less than 90 days, or the period of time required pursuant to the federal "Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act," 29 U.S.C. s.2101 et seq., or any amendments thereto, whichever is longer _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Severance required?:** severance pay equal to one week of pay for each full year of employment. If the employer provides any employee with less than the number of days of notification required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the employer shall provide that employee with an additional four weeks of pay _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute:** 34:21-2 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 2. If an establishment is subject to a transfer of operations or a termination of operations which results, during any continuous period of not more than 30 days, in the termination of employment of 50 or more employees, or if an employer conducts a mass layoff, the employer who operates the establishment or conducts the mass layoff shall: a. Provide, in the case of an employer who employs 100 or more employees, not less than 90 days, or the period of time required pursuant to the federal "Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act," 29 U.S.C. s.2101 et seq., or any amendments thereto, whichever is longer, before the first termination of employment occurs in connection with the termination or transfer of operations, or mass layoff, notification of the termination or transfer of operations or mass layoff to the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development, the chief elected official of the municipality where the establishment is located, each employee whose employment is to be terminated and any collective bargaining units of employees at the establishment; b. Provide to each employee whose employment is terminated severance pay equal to one week of pay for each full year of employment. If the employer provides any employee with less than the number of days of notification required pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the employer shall provide that employee with an additional four weeks of pay. The rate of severance pay provided by the employer pursuant to this subsection b. shall be the average regular rate of compensation received during the employee's last three years of employment with the employer or the final regular rate of compensation paid to the employee, whichever rate is higher.

## Source

- https://law.justia.com/codes/new-jersey/title-34/section-34-21-2/

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
Part of [State mini-WARN act thresholds: layoff notice requirements beyond federal WARN](https://referencesource.org/state-mini-warn-act-thresholds/).