Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73
§2107 Authority to prescribe regulations
Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND RETRAINING NOTIFICATION › § 2107
Summary
The Secretary of Labor must make rules explaining how employers must give required notices. Mailing a notice to an employee’s last address on file or putting the notice in their paycheck counts as giving notice.
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Title 29, §2107
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(a)The Secretary of Labor shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this chapter. Such regulations shall, at a minimum, include interpretative regulations describing the methods by which employers may provide for appropriate service of notice as required by this chapter.
(b)The mailing of notice to an employee’s last known address or inclusion of notice in the employee’s paycheck will be considered acceptable methods for fulfillment of the employer’s obligation to give notice to each affected employee under this chapter.
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Effective Date
Section effective 6 months after Aug. 4, 1988, except that the authority of the Secretary of Labor under this section is effective on Aug. 4, 1988, see section 11 of Pub. L. 100–379, set out as a note under section 2101 of this title.
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29 U.S.C. § 2107
Title 29 — Labor
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73