Fair Warning Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 5761 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5761 To amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to support workers who are subject to an employment loss, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 14, 2025 Mrs. Sykes (for herself, Ms. Budzinski, and Mrs. Dingell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act to support workers who are subject to an employment loss, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Warning Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS; PROVISION OF NOTICE OF SITE CLOSINGS AND MASS LAYOFFS. (a) Warn Act Amendments.--Sections 2 and 3 of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101; 2102) are amended to read as follows: ``SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS; EXCLUSIONS FROM DEFINITION OF LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT. ``(a) Definitions.--As used in this Act: ``(1) Affected employee.--The term `affected employee' means a full-time or part-time employee who may reasonably be expected to experience an employment loss as a consequence of a proposed site closing or mass layoff by the employee's employer. ``(2) Employer.-- ``(A) In general.--The term `employer' means any business enterprise of one or more entities that-- ``(i) employs 50 or more employees, including part-time employees, in the aggregate; or ``(ii) has an annual payroll of at least $2,000,000. ``(B) Multiple entities.-- ``(i) In general.--In the case of a business enterprise of more than one entity, the entity subject to the requirements und