FOREWARN Act of 2007

A bill to amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to improve such Act.

7/16/2007--Introduced.
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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Sponsor

• Sen. Sherrod Brown [D, OH]
• and 9 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY]
  • Sen. Christopher Dodd [D, CT]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Sen. Russell Feingold [D, WI]
  • Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]
  • Sen. John Kerry [D, MA]
  • Barack Obama
  • Sen. Charles Schumer [D, NY]
  • Sen. Debbie Ann Stabenow [D, MI]
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Committees

• Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.1792

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
July 16, 2007

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• Sep 26, 2007: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12134-12135)
• Jul 16, 2007: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
• Introduced on Jul 16, 2007.

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Related Bills:

• H.R.3662

Related Issue Areas:

• Labor
• Actions and defenses
• Employee rights
• Employers' liability
• 8 more
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Government publicity
• Job training
• Law
• Layoffs
• Plant shutdowns
• Wage restitution

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July 18, 2007 Senators Propose New Help for Workers During Mass Layoffs

The Federal Oversight, Reform, and Enforcement of the WARN Act (FOREWARN) (S.1792) would amend the current Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification ...

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Blog Coverage

December 05, 2008 Alliance for Worker Freedom

S. 1792 – FOREWARN Act of 2007. Common Name: None. Introduced by: Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH). Cosponsors: 9. What it will do: Amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, which requires employers large employers warn ...

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May 20, 2008 AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | WARN Act Plant Closing Law Needs Broader Scope ...

Y.) and Barack Obama (D-Ill.), introduced the FOREWARN Act (S.1792) to cover more plants, provide a 90-day notice, increase penalties and require the U.S. Department of Labor to enforce the law. A similar bill (H.R. 3796), introduced by ...

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February 05, 2008 DigitalCommons@ILR - Linda Levine: The Worker Adjustment and ...

Interest has renewed in the current decade for a variety of reasons, including the growth in offshore outsourcing (offshoring) of U.S. jobs and perceived shortcomings of the WARN Act. Most recently, S. 1792 and H.R. 3662 were introduced ...

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