| 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. |