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HRD-77-152 1 (1978-01-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaawlw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DOCUMENT RESUMI 04616 - [801650633 Worker Adjustment Assistance mider the Trade Act of 1974: Problems in Assisting Auto Workers. HRD-77-152; r-152183. January 11, 1978. 30 pp. + 5 appendices (12 pp.;. Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Employment and Traizing Programs: Report on the Trade Act of 1974 (3208) ; Income Szcurity Programs: Programs to Protect Workers* Income (1306). Contact: Human Resources Div. Budget Function: Education, Manpower, and 5cciai Services: Training and Imployment (504). organization Concerned: Department of Labor. Congressional Relevance: House Committee on Ways and Means; Senate Committee on Finance; Congress. Authority: Trade Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-618). Irade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-794). Congress has recognized that increased imports resulting from expanded international trade could adversely affect certain vorkers and firms within the United States and has cted that segments of the economy affected by increased impc, petition receive various forms of monetary and nonm. 5 ,dlui-tment a-sistance. The Worker Adjustment Assist -am is administered by the Department of Labor tirough oloyment agencies and provides eligible unenplcye. :s with weekly allowances; training, counseling, and Job ; and job search and relocation allowances. s of June 6, 149,800 workers from the auto industry were certified - igible to apply for adjustment assistance. Findings/Con4.1us'ons: Few automotive industry workers took advantage of the training, job search, and relocation benefits through the adjustment assistance program because most layoffs in the irdustry bere considarjd temporary, and .rczt workers were either back to work or willing to wait for recall rather Tnan accent another job. Most of the workers had returned to work long before the±r adjustment assistance paymsnts were received. When the pryments were received, a large part of the money wds used to repay the company/union supplemertal unemployment benefit fund. Progran enefits were not a.lways distributed equitatl.y because of nroblems in identifyint specific workers separated fror jobs because of import competitior. Some auto workers received program benefits for layoff periods unrelated to import competition. Recommendations: The Secretary of Labor, Lefore issaing rertifications, should determine the extent to which affected workers can be identified from employer records, and. when issuing certifications, should provide guidelines for determining wbich workers are eligible. Congress should amend the Trade Act of 1974 so that supplemental unemployment and similar Denefits ;an be treated in the same manner as other earned income in computing weekly benefit entitlewehts. (FES)

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