Reemployment Act and WARN: Helping Workers Make Successful Transitions. Hearing on Authorizing Funds to State and Local Governments To Provide Job Search Assistance, Career Counseling, Skills Assessment, and Job Training Referral for Permanently Laid-Off Workers and Long-Term Unemployed Individuals before the Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session.

This document contains the oral and written statements of witnesses who testified at a hearing on the Reemployment and Retraining Act of 1994 and the WARN [Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification] Amendments Act. Witnesses included Senator Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio, several union and public employment program officials from several states, and several dislocated workers. Additional material submitted for the report includes questions submitted by Senator Metzenbaum to several state and federal officials, a summary of a publication of the Association of Outplacement Consulting Firms International, and several communications to local officials. The witnesses testified about the need for a one-stop service that would link dislocated workers with unemployment benefits, job retraining programs, income-replacement during retraining, and social services programs. Several examples of local and state programs were described. Witnesses also stressed the need for early warnings about plant and office closings so that agencies and workers can prepare for retraining and career change. (KC)