§ 840 — State level activities, rapid response

§ 840. State level activities, rapid response. 1. The state shall be\nresponsible for rapid response activities pursuant to section 312.1 of\nthe federal Job Training Partnership Act (P.L. 97-300), coordination of\ntitle III activity and the state unemployment insurance program, state\nand regional projects and demonstrations, and the discretionary\nallocation of additional funds to substate areas based on determination\nof need.\n 2. The state's designated dislocated worker unit shall have the\ncapability to provide rapid response services to dislocated workers\naffected by a substantial layoff or a plant closing. Such services shall\ninclude:\n (a) on site intervention within forty-eight hours of notification of\neither a plant closing or a substantial layoff;\n (b) provision of emergency basic readjustment services as needed;\n (c) promotion of labor-management cooperation through the initiation,\nwith the department of economic development, where appropriate, of\nlabor-management committees;\n (d) development, with the department of economic development, of an\nearly warning system;\n (e) dissemination of information on dislocated worker services\navailable under title III of the federal Job Training Partnership Act\n(P.L. 97-300) and other appropriate services funded by the federal,\nstate, and local governments;\n (f) provision of technical assistance to substate grantees;\n (g) receipt of notifications of layoffs and closings and provision to\nsubstate grantees of such information as soon as possible to assure the\nmaximum local response;\n (h) coordination between rapid response activities and the\nunemployment insurance system and the job training partnership system,\nstate and local economic development activities and the regional\neducation centers of the state education department; and\n (i) notification of appropriate state agency staff and coordination\nwith the activities of central, local or regional staff of the\ndepartments of labor, economic development and education to facilitate\nadditional on-site contact with employer and employee representatives\nwithin a short period of time, preferably forty-eight hours, after\nbecoming aware of a current or projected permanent closure or\nsubstantial layoff in order to provide information on and facilitate\naccess to available public programs and services.\n 3. The commissioner may, under exceptional circumstances, authorize\nthe designated dislocated worker unit to provide rapid response services\nwhen the employment loss is for less than twenty-five employees, is not\nat a single site of employment or does not take place during a single\nthirty day period. For purposes of this subdivision, exceptional\ncircumstances include those situations which would have a major impact\non the community or communities in which they occur.\n