Do small businesses have to notify employees before it closes? (Newsday)

DEAR CARRIE: I work for a company with eight employees. Does the business have to notify us before it closes? Mandated heads-up? DEAR MANDATED: Unfortunately, none of the laws that require companies to notify workers ahead of a closing or mass layoff apply to companies as small as yours. The federal WARN act, or the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, requires private companies …