2 U.S.C. § 1315 — Rights and protections under Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act

submitted 31 years ago by Pub. L. 104-1 to r/title-2-THE-CONGRESS · 312 words · no verdicts yet

in plain englishAI-generated · not legal advice

An employing office may not close or order a covered mass layoff until 60 days after written notice to covered employees or their representatives. The Board must provide comparable remedies and issue Labor Department-based regulations.

(a) Worker adjustment and retraining notification rights. (1) An employing office may not close or order a mass layoff, as those terms are used in section 3 of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, until 60 days after it gives written notice of the planned closing or layoff to covered-employee representatives, or directly to covered employees if there are no representatives. (2) “Covered employee” includes Government Accountability Office employees, and “employing office” includes that Office. This section does not define those terms itself. (b) Remedy. A violation has the remedy appropriate under paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of section 5(a) of that Act. (c) Regulations. (1) Under section 1384, the Board must issue regulations implementing this section. (2) They must match the Labor Secretary’s substantive regulations implementing subsection (a)’s statutory provisions unless the Board determines, for a stated good reason included with the regulation, that a change would better implement these rights and protections. (d) Effective date. (1) Unless paragraph (2) applies, subsections (a) and (b) take effect 1 year after January 23, 1995. (2) For the Government Accountability Office and Library of Congress, this section takes effect 1 year after Congress receives the section 1371 study.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

(a) Worker adjustment and retraining notification rights

(1) In general

No employing office shall be closed or a mass layoff ordered within the meaning of section 3 of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2102) until the end of a 60-day period after the employing office serves written notice of such prospective closing or layoff to representatives of covered employees or, if there are no representatives, to covered employees.

(2) Definitions

For purposes of this section, the term “covered employee” shall include employees of the Government Accountability Office and the term “employing office” shall include the Government Accountability Office.

(b) Remedy

The remedy for a violation of subsection (a) shall be such remedy as would be appropriate if awarded under paragraphs (1), (2), and (4) of section 5(a) of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2104(a)(1), (2), and (4)).

(1) In general

The Board shall, pursuant to section 1384 of this title, issue regulations to implement this section.

(2) Agency regulations

The regulations issued under paragraph (1) shall be the same as substantive regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor to implement the statutory provisions referred to in subsection (a) except insofar as the Board may determine, for good cause shown and stated together with the regulation, that a modification of such regulations would be more effective for the implementation of the rights and protections under this section.

(d) Effective date

(1) In general

Except as provided in paragraph (2), subsections (a) and (b) shall be effective 1 year after January 23, 1995.

(2) Government Accountability Office and Library of Congress

This section shall be effective with respect to the Government Accountability Office and the Library of Congress 1 year after transmission to the Congress of the study under section 1371 of this title.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 104–1, title II, § 205, Jan. 23, 1995, 109 Stat. 11; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814; Pub. L. 115–141, div. I, title I, § 153(a)(2)(B), Mar. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 785.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1995Enacted · Pub. L. 104-1 · 109 Stat. 11
2004Amended · Pub. L. 108-271 · 118 Stat. 814
2018Amended · Pub. L. 115-141 · 132 Stat. 785

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 104-1 on 1995-01-23.

all 0 arguments · sorted by: best

no arguments yet — make the first case