If 200 to 499 employees are terminated, they are entitled to how many weeks of notice?

• A. 12 weeks
• B. 8 weeks
• C. 16 weeks
• D. 4 weeks

Answer: (C)

When many employees are let go at once, the law uses a schedule for group terminations that increases the notice period as the number of affected workers grows. For a bulk layoff in the range of two hundred to four hundred ninety-nine employees, the minimum notice is sixteen weeks. This longer notice acknowledges the bigger disruption to workers’ lives and provides more time for them to find new opportunities or make plans.

Keep in mind this is the statutory minimum under the group termination provisions; it can be higher if a contract or collective agreement provides more notice. For smaller group terminations, the required notice is shorter (e.g., fewer weeks for smaller brackets).