AN ACT CONCERNING WORKERS’ RIGHT TO REINSTATEMENT AND RETENTION for the purpose of requiring certain employers to recall and reinstate certain employees who have been laid off after the imposition of the COVID-19 state of emergency; specifying the procedures by which the recall and reinstatement would operate; prohibiting retaliation against employees for seeking to enforce his or her rights under this Act by any lawful means, for participating in proceedings related to this Act, for opposing any practice proscribed by this Act, or for otherwise asserting rights under this Act; requiring certain reports; defining certain terms; and establishing certain penalties.

Committee

Sitting as the Committee of the Whole

Requested by

Jolene Ivey

Introduced

April 13, 2021

On agenda

July 1, 2021