A worker-protection bill requiring more advanced notice and severance pay for employees who lose their jobs in mass layoffs, which was previously postponed amid COVID-19 disruptions, passed the New Jersey Senate with a vote of 30-3 and is set to take effect 90 days after being signed into law by the governor.

The WARN Act (S-3162/A-4768), sponsored by Sens. Joe Cryan, D-Union, and Fred Madden, D-Camden/Gloucester, would apply to business closings, mass layoffs, and transfers.

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