State officials notified of plant closings or mass layoffs

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TN Code › Title 50 › Chapter 1 › Section 50-1-104

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Upon being served with advance written notification of a plant closing or mass layoff pursuant to § 3(a)(2) of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ( 29 U.S.C. § 2102 ), the commissioner of labor and workforce development shall immediately advise the commissioners of economic and community development, education, health, human services, and mental health and substance abuse services, the executive director of the state board of education, and the chancellor of the state university and community college system concerning the circumstances of the plant closing or mass layoff, including the number of employees affected. Acts 1989, ch. 399, § 2; 1999, ch. 520, § 41; 2010 , ch. 1100, § 84; 2012 , ch. 575, § 2.

Upon being served with advance written notification of a plant closing or mass layoff pursuant to § 3(a)(2) of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ( 29 U.S.C. § 2102 ), the commissioner of labor and workforce development shall immediately advise the commissioners of economic and community development, education, health, human services, and mental health and substance abuse services, the executive director of the state board of education, and the chancellor of the state university and community college system concerning the circumstances of the plant closing or mass layoff, including the number of employees affected.

Acts 1989, ch. 399, § 2; 1999, ch. 520, § 41; 2010 , ch. 1100, § 84; 2012 , ch. 575, § 2.

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