To provide assistance to employees who are subject to a plant closing or mass layoff because their work is transferred to another country which has low wages or unhealthy working conditions.
American Jobs Protection Act - Requires employers to provide specified notice and employee benefits (including severance pay, continuation of health care benefits, reimbursement for retraining, and accelerated eligibility for early retirement) to employees who are subject to a plant closing or mass layoff because their work is transferred to another country which has specified levels of lower wages or less effective employment standards for overtime compensation, child labor, and employee safety.
Provides for enforcement of this Act by investigative and administrative actions by the Secretary of Labor, civil actions by employees and the Secretary, and actions for injunctions.
Provides for application under this Act of definitions under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, with exceptions for the terms employer, plant closing, mass layoff, and employment loss.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Executive Comment Requested from Labor.
Field Hearings Held in Westland, MI.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Field Hearings Held in Flint, Michigan.
Field Hearings Held in Columbus, Ohio.
Field Hearings Held in San Francisco, California.
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