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California workers to get earlier layoff warning under bill sent to Newsom

Bicyclists ride down Market Street past Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California on Nov. 7, 2013.

The California Legislature has passed a bill aiming to give workers earlier notice in the event of mass layoffs. Next up is Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk.

The bill, Assembly Bill 1356, would extend the notice period of impending layoffs, closure or relocation to 75 days from 60, as required under the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, Act.

to increase the length of notice to 90 days but was amended. The law, if enacted, would apply to any employer with 50 or

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