State of Illinois
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92^nd General Assembly

Public Act 92-0087

SB62 Enrolled                                 LRB9202676MWpkA

    AN  ACT  to  provide  notification   regarding   employer
responsibilities  under  the  federal  Worker  Adjustment and
Retraining Notification Act.

    WHEREAS, workers facing plant closings  or  mass  layoffs
can   benefit   from  retraining  and  readjustment  services
provided before their termination; and

    WHEREAS,   the   Department   of   Employment    Security
coordinates   and   provides   retraining   and  readjustment
services,  including  outreach  to  possible  new  employers,
placement  services,  and  pre-layoff  workshops  to   inform
workers  about  services  available to ease the transition to
new employment, to employees facing termination; and

    WHEREAS, the federal  Worker  Adjustment  and  Retraining
Notification Act (WARN) requires certain employers to provide
notice  of  impending  plant  closings or mass layoffs to the
entity designated by the State of Illinois to  provide  rapid
response  activities  under  the federal Workforce Investment
Act; and

    WHEREAS,  the  State  of  Illinois  has  designated   the
Department  of  Employment Security, Job Training Division as
the entity that provides rapid response activities under  the
federal Workforce Investment Act; and

    WHEREAS, employers at times fail to provide notice to the
Department  of  Employment Security, Job Training Division as
required by the WARN Act; therefore

    Be it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5.  The Department of Employment Security Law  of
the  Civil  Administrative  Code  of  Illinois  is amended by
adding Section 1005-60 as follows:
    (20 ILCS 1005/1005-60 new)
    Sec. 1005-60. Advisory notice.  Before  September  30  of
each  year,  the  Department  must  issue  a written advisory
notice to each employer that reported to the Department  that
the  employer  paid  wages  to  100  or more individuals with
respect to any quarter in the immediately preceding  calendar
year.   The  notice  must  indicate  that the employer may be
subject to  the  federal  Worker  Adjustment  and  Retraining
Notification Act and must generally advise the employer about
the  requirements  of  the  Act and the remedies provided for
violations of that Act.

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
becoming law.
    Passed in the General Assembly April 25, 2001.
    Approved July 18, 2001.
    Effective July 18, 2001.