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'The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the "WARN Act") is a US labor law which protects employees, their families, and communities by r

'The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (the "WARN Act") is a US labor law which protects employees, their families, and communities by requiring most employers with 100 or more employees to provide 60 calendar-day advance notification of plant closings and mass layoffs of employees, as defined in the Act.' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_Adjustment_and_Retraining_Notification_Act_of_1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_Adjustment_and_Retraini... It's sad that old-school books are dying. I love books, especially older hard cover books; but, if you know your business and industry are dying, then you owe it to your team who got you there to engineer a soft landing. That's simply the ethical thing to do.

twtw 9y ago
"The WARN Act also is not activated when the following coverage thresholds are unmet: If a plant closing or a mass layoff results in fewer than 50 workers losing their jobs at a single employment site;"
- jamiesonbecker 9y ago
  Good catch, thanks.
adventured 9y ago
> Personally, I think it's sad that old-school books are dying. They're not. US printed book sales climbed for the fourth or fifth straight year in 2017 (depending on how you're measuring it), at 687 million units sold. That compares with 648 million for 2004 for example. Further, independent book stores have been doing quite well [1]. "Unit sales of print books rose 3.3% in 2016 over the previous year, making it the third-straight year of print growth" https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/72450-print-book-sales-rose-again-in-2016.html https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/b... [1] http://www.bookweb.org/for-the-record http://www.bookweb.org/for-the-record [1a] http://theweek.com/articles/573874/4-reasons-why-independent-bookstores-are-thriving http://theweek.com/articles/573874/4-reasons-why-independent...

twtw 9y ago

"The WARN Act also is not activated when the following coverage thresholds are unmet: If a plant closing or a mass layoff results in fewer than 50 workers losing their jobs at a single employment site;"

jamiesonbecker 9y ago
Good catch, thanks.

adventured 9y ago

> Personally, I think it's sad that old-school books are dying. They're not. US printed book sales climbed for the fourth or fifth straight year in 2017 (depending on how you're measuring it), at 687 million units sold. That compares with 648 million for 2004 for example. Further, independent book stores have been doing quite well [1]. "Unit sales of print books rose 3.3% in 2016 over the previous year, making it the third-straight year of print growth" https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/72450-print-book-sales-rose-again-in-2016.html https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/b... [1] http://www.bookweb.org/for-the-record http://www.bookweb.org/for-the-record [1a] http://theweek.com/articles/573874/4-reasons-why-independent-bookstores-are-thriving http://theweek.com/articles/573874/4-reasons-why-independent...