Discount Furniture has seen sales decline in a highly competitive environment. To be able to offer a lower-cost product, management decides to close its factory in North Carolina, laying off 85 workers from the company's 465-person workforce. Under the Workers' Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act, what must Discount Furniture do?

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Under the Workers' Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act, companies with 100 or more employees must give their employees 60 days' notice before laying off a significant portion of their workforce. In this case, Discount Furniture is laying off approximately 18% of its workforce, so it would be required to provide 60 days' notice to the affected employees before beginning the layoffs.

Discount Furniture Has Seen Sales Decline in a Highly Competitive