Employment Law Updates | New Proposed Legislation
December 1, 2009
Bipartisan Group Re-Files FOREWARN Bill in Both Chambers
Federal Oversight, Reform and Enforcement of the WARN Act
H.R. 3662, S. 1792 , 6/25/2009
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Representatives George Miller (D-CA), Chairman of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, and John McHugh (R-NY) have re-introduced legislation that would strengthen the law requiring employers to notify workers and communities of mass layoffs or plant closings. The bipartisan Federal Oversight, Reform, and Enforcement of the WARN (“FOREWARN”) Act, would strengthen enforcement of current law and close loopholes in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (“WARN”) Act. The 110th Congress failed to pass a similar bill sponsored by Rep. McHugh.
Congress passed the WARN Act in 1988 to give workers and communities 60 days…
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