Time to Update the WARN Act

February 2015, Eileen Appelbaum

This issue brief examines the erosion of the protections provided to workers by the WARN Act. In particular, it focuses on the ways in which private equity funds avoid accountability for the effects of their actions on workers under the Act.

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Alan Barber | CPC Center Policy Director

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Eileen Appelbaum | Co-Director

Eileen Appelbaum is Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, Washington, DC, Fellow at Rutgers University Center for Women and Work, and Visiting Professor at the University of Leicester, UK. Prior to joining CEPR, she held positions as Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Women and Work at Rutgers University and as Professor of Economics at Temple University. She holds a PhD in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Time to Update the WARN Act

Alan Barber

Eileen Appelbaum

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Alan Barber | CPC Center Policy Director

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