3.0.0 1792 2023-01-11T20:41:48Z 2023-01-11T20:41:48Z Senate S S 2007-07-16 110 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-16T22:44:03Z Forewarn Act of 2007 110 3662 HR 2007-10-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Related bill CRS 2007-09-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12134-12135) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2007-07-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH N O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-07-16 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-07-16 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2007-07-23 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-07-23 False K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-07-23 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-09-05 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-09-10 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2007-12-06 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-01-31 False Labor and Employment Civil actions and liability Employee rights Employers' liability Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Law Layoffs Plant shutdowns Wage restitution Labor and Employment 00 2007-07-16 Introduced in Senate 2007-09-11T16:43:59Z FOREWARN Act of 2007 - Amends the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the Act) to to revise the terms "employer," "plant closing," and "mass layoff" for purposes of the Act.

Requires an employer to: (1) give 90-day written notice (under current law, 60-day) to employees and appropriate state and local governments before ordering a plant closing or mass layoff; and (2) notify the Secretary of Labor within 60 days of such closing or layoff (including the number of employees involved). Makes an employer who violates such notice requirements liable to the employee for double the back pay (under current law, for back pay) for each day of the violation for up to 90 days (under current law, 60 days).

Authorizes the Secretary to bring a civil action on behalf of one or more employees for certain relief under the Act.

Directs the Secretary to make educational materials concerning employee rights and employer responsibilities available to the general public and employers.

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