Nebraska 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 Nebraska’s with the state labor department or counsel.

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

Workforce boards in Nebraska

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.

• Greater Lincoln Workforce Development Board

  Lancaster, Saunders; City: City of Lincoln

• Greater Nebraska Workforce Development Board

  Adams, Antelope, Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dixon, Dodge, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gage, Garden, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, Knox, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Madison, McPherson, Merrick, Morrill, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Stanton, Thayer, Thomas, Thurston, Valley, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, York

• Heartland Workforce Solutions Inc.

  Douglas, Sarpy, Washington

All Nebraska boards and 11 job centers