Employment Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation
June 29, 2009
ALERT Act Provides Protections to Workers in Case of Mass Lay-Offs
Alert Laid off Employees in Reasonable Time (ALERT) Act
H.R. 2077, 4/27/2009
U.S. Representative Luis V. Gutierrez (D-IL) also announced new legislation to strengthen protections for laid-off workers.
Under the current law, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“WARN”), enacted on August 4, 1988 and effective on February 4, 1989, workers, their families and communities are protected from sudden mass lay-off by requiring employers to provide notice 60 days in advance of covered plant closings and covered mass layoffs. This notice must be provided to either affected workers or their representatives (e.g., a labor union); to the State dislocated worker unit; and to the appropriate unit of local government.
Employers however are only…
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