I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2077 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 23, 2009 Mr. Gutierrez (for himself, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Grijalva, and Mr. Rothman of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to require notifications under that Act for mass layoffs that occur at more than one site of an employer and to increase penalties for violation of the Act.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Alert Laid off Employees in Reasonable Time Act.

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Mass layoffs of a single employer at multiple sites

(a)

In general

Section 2(a)(3) of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101(a)(3)) is amended— (1)in subparagraph (B)(ii) by inserting or after the semicolon; and (2)by adding at the end the following: (C)results in an employment loss for a single employer at more than 1 site of employment during any 30-day period for— (i)(I)at least 33 percent of the employees of the employer (excluding any part-time employees); and (II)at least 50 employees (excluding any part-time employees); or (ii)at least 500 employees (excluding any part-time employees); . (b)

Conforming amendment

Section 3(a)(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 2102(a)(2)) is amended by striking to the State and inserting in the case of a plant closing or mass layoff described in section 2(a)(3)(B), to the State.

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Increased penalties

Section 5(a)(1)(A) of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2104(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking back pay and inserting two times the amount of back pay.