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Alert Laid off Employees in Reasonable Time Act

Introduced: April 23, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Jun 4, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Apr 27, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E975)
Apr 23, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Apr 23, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Alert Laid Off Employees in Reasonable Time Act - Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to require an employer to give 60-day written notice to employees and to appropriate state and local government officials before ordering a mass layoff that results in an employment loss for a single employer at more than one site of employment during a 30-day period for: (1) at least 33% of the employees (excluding part-time employees); and (2) at least 50 or 500 employees (excluding part-time employees).

Makes an employer who violates such notice requirements liable to each aggrieved employee for double the back pay (under current law, only the back pay) for each day of the violation for up to 60 days.

What's happening now June 4, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 6, 2009
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 28, 2009
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Apr 28, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2077: Alert Laid off Employees in Reasonable Time Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-2077/
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