2019 House Bill 5035

Mandate employers give advance “mass layoff” notice

Introduced in the House

Oct. 3, 2019

Introduced by Rep. Abdullah Hammoud (D-15)

To mandate that employers give workers, state officials and local politicians a 60 day advance notice of “mass layoffs” or plant closings that involve at least 100 workers, and mandate that employers give workers a week’s pay for every year of past employment.

Referred to the Committee on Commerce and Tourism

Feb. 26, 2020

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.