“Spikes in layoffs and growing fears of AI-fueled job losses are adding urgency for policymakers and advocates hoping to strengthen the early-notice requirements for employers making workforce cuts. … The WARN Act “was adopted at a time when you had plants that were employing a couple thousand people,” said John Philo, executive and legal director at the Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice. “The act needs to be updated” to account for more dispersed workforces, including some dominated by remote employees.”