| This bill creates the Peer Support Program for Displaced |
| Workers within the Department of Labor to provide advocacy and |
| information to employees affected by significant layoffs. Under |
| the program, the department would initiate a peer support project |
| and hire peer support workers when layoffs of 100 or more |
| employees occur or when 50 or more employees are laid off and a |
| project is warranted by the nature of the workforce or the |
| community. |