Much like its federal counterpart, the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) provides strong protection for employees in the case of layoffs. However, whereas the federal law requires that companies provide at least sixty days notice when 500 or more employees at one plant are going to be laid off, the California version requires sixty days notice for 50 or more employees. Furthermore, the California WARN Act also covers part-time workers (the federal version does not). Finally, in addition to the notifications required under the federal WARN, California employers are also required to notify the Local Workforce Investment Board, and the chief elected official of each city and county government within which the termination or mass layoff occurs. Violation of California WARN could constitute $500 in civil fines, plus back-pay to employees for each day they should have received proper notification.