Georgia rapid response: layoff support for employers

Federal WARN Act notice

• The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act generally covers employers with 100 or more employees, not counting part-time workers.
• A covered employer gives 60 calendar days’ written notice before a plant closing or mass layoff.
• Notice goes to affected employees (or their union), the state dislocated worker unit, and the chief elected official of the local government.
• Some states have their own, broader notice laws. Check Georgia’s with the state labor department or counsel.

Check whether WARN notice applies to your layoff. General information, not legal advice.

Workforce boards in Georgia

State and local rapid response teams work with employers before and after a layoff to connect workers to services. Start with the board for the county where the workers are.

• Atlanta Regional Workforce Development Board

  Cherokee, Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Gwinnett, Henry, Rockdale

• Central Savannah River Area Workforce Investment Board

  Burke, Richmond

• Coastal Workforce Development Board

  Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Chatham, Effingham, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh

• Cobb County Workforce Development Board/WorkSource Cobb

  Cobb

• DeKalb County Workforce Development Board

  De Kalb

• Fulton County Workforce Development Board

  Fulton

• Heart of GA Altamaha Workforce Development Board

  Appling, Bleckley, Candler, Dodge, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilcox

• Lower Chattahoochee Workforce Development Board

  Chattahoochee, Clay, Harris, Muscogee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Talbot

• Middle Flint Workforce Development Board

  Crisp, Dooly, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, Webster

• Middle Georgia Workforce Development Board, Inc. - Area 11.

  Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, Twiggs, Wilkinson; City: Macon

• Northeast Georgia Workforce Development Board

  Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton

• Northwest Georgia Regional Commission

  Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Floyd, Gilmer, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Walker, Whitfield

• Southern Georgia Workforce Development Board

  Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Charlton, Clinch, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Pierce, Tift, Turner, Ware

• Three Rivers Workforce Development Board

  Butts, Carroll, Coweta, Heard, Lamar, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup, Upson

• WorkSource Atlanta Board

  City: Atlanta

• WorkSource East Central Georgia

  Columbia, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Lincoln, McDuffie, Screven, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington, Wilkes

• WorkSource Georgia Mountains

  Banks, Dawson, Forsyth, Franklin, Habersham, Hall, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White

• WorkSource Southwest Georgia, Workforce Development Board - 17

  Baker, Calhoun, Colquitt, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Lee, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Worth

All Georgia boards and 38 job centers