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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | May 24, 2023 10:17 AM |
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| From: | Representative Jennifer O'Mara |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Pennsylvania WARN Act |
| We all know someone who has faced the prospect of losing their job due to layoffs or business closings. This unfortunate, life-changing circumstance has placed thousands of individuals across the commonwealth under the strain of financial uncertainty. Federal law requires businesses with at least 100 employees to provide a 60-day notice when a mass layoff or closure is going to occur. However, this is often an insufficient amount of time for hundreds of workers in a community to find alternative, family-sustaining employment opportunities. I believe hard working Pennsylvanians are worthy of more time to make necessary arrangements to secure their financial stability. That is what I am introducing legislation that would extend the notice of a closing or a layoff to 180 days for a plant closing with 50 or more employees, or a mass layoff of over 500 workers. All Pennsylvanians deserve the right to quality employment and should not be dismissed without proper notice. Please join me in protecting workers’ rights. |
Introduced as HB1953