I keep seeing people say that 10/8 is a confirmed layoff date and that folks would get a 30 day notification if they’re impacted. Isn’t it a 60 day requirement?
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@g0 you need to take the chill pill.
no one’s saying your definition is wrong or that i prefer no 30-day free no-work with allowance.
when i got terminated with my previous job i was given a 2-week’s notice, and when i resign i also give 2-weeks notice. that’s how i deduced what notice means.
@fe the notice period is more of a legal term than your definition. Telling people there is no notice period is false and based on your opinion of what notice means to you.
They do provide notice 30 or 60 days before you are terminated, upon which date, you were then paid severance. You are still an employee during the 30 or 60 day notice period, whether you work or not. I would think people would prefer to be given this type of "notice" where they retain all employee benefits and pay, but can also start actively looking for work instead of spending the next month or two wasting time working a job they won't have much longer.
Would you have preferred to be made to work during the 30 day notice before severance kicks in? If yes, I really don't understand why.
@f7 semantics.
my definition of 30 or 60-day notice is you can still log in for that amount of time.
@f3 but that was the official 30 day notice. You were notified 30 days before your termination date, while not working for those 30 days, you were still on the books as an employee. Some are notified 60 days ahead with the same conditions as you, but had 60 days paid as an employee, but not having to work those 60 days.
when i was laid off by cigna, i was asked not to report the next day (i cant login end of day after my “talk” with my manager) but is still an employee for 1 month before severance kicked in.
so to answer your question, there is no 30 or 60-day notice. they tell you today and either they lock you out of the system after that conversation or after the end of business day.
The notification period varies by state based laws to get around the WARN notification.
Incorrect.
The 60 day period is to get under the warn radar.
The laid off employee is typically locked out of systems immediately after the HR conversation and is not expected to work the notice period. There are exceptions to this, but the overwhelming majority goes this way.
30 day notice is now standard, 60 day notice is when your job needs that amount of time to close things out bc it would negatively impact the business leaving anytime before 60 days.
@ay, even better.
60 days has been the notification period for the last few rounds.
I don't think that's true. Layoffs come with a 30 day notification period where you're still employed but not working. That's the WARN act period.
Cigna has fine-tuned it to lay off a certain number of employees so as to come in just under the WARN Act's threshold for each location in that particular state. In this way the WARN act does not get triggered.