Reps. Sykes, Dingell, and Budzinski Reintroduce Fair Warning Act to Strengthen Worker Protections and Ensure Advance Notice of Layoffs

“WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Representatives Emilia Sykes (OH-13), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Nikki Budzinksi (IL-13) reintroduced the Fair Warning Act. The bill would update the Worker Adjustment and Retraining (WARN) Act of 1988, hold employers accountable, and give workers and communities the notice they need to best prepare for and recover from employer decisions that cost them their jobs.

"The Fair Warning Act is critical legislation allowing workers a fair opportunity to transition to new employment and training opportunities to avoid the devastating effects of sudden and unexpected job loss,” said Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice Executive Director John Philo. “The Act updates and modernizes federal law to address the needs of today's workers and provides meaningful accountability when employers fail to meet their obligations to employees and the community."

U.S. Representatives Emilia Sykes press release here and the text of the bill here.