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Layoff Support Services

The Vermont Department of Labor, Workforce Development Division, provides Rapid Response services to businesses in transition; downsizing, laying off workers, and/or closing a facility.

The Rapid Response Team responds to layoffs and plant/facility closures by quickly coordinating services and providing immediate aid to affected companies and their workers, either on-site or off-site. The Team will provide information about unemployment insurance and reemployment services, and services available at the Resource Centers around the state. Pre-layoff services are designed to help the affected workers shorten their transition time and assist in preparing the affected workers to find new employment.

The WARN Act (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) offers protection to workers, their families and communities by requiring employers to provide a notice 60 days in advance of covered plant closings and covered mass layoffs. This notice must be provided to either affected workers or their representatives (e.g. a labor union); to the State Dislocated Worker Unit; and to the appropriate unit of local government.

Notices of Potential Layoff (WARN) should be sent to:

Vermont Department of Labor
Commissioner's Office
5 Green Mountain Drive
P.O. Box 488
Montpelier, VT 05601-0488
labor.commissioner@vermont.gov

Questions regarding workforce development services related to a layoff should be directed to:

Vermont Department of Labor
Workforce Development Division
(888) 807-7072
labor.vtjobs@vermont.gov

 

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