As of February 4 1989 the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act was effective. It was confirmed August 4, 1988, with the intention of helping big factory employees by restricting the abilities of the owners. All employees are required by federal law to receive a warning 60 days before an organizations closure. This enables families and communities to prepare for the drastic economic changes ahead of them. Many states have also enacted additional employment laws to the federal laws. Some of these require similar warning regulation for employers of less than the 100 employees required by federal law. However, Florida follows strictly to the federal policy.