Commission on Workers, Communities, and Economic Change in the New Economy
Creates Commission to Study Worker and Community Economic Change
What it does
The Department of Labor must provide funding and administrative support to a presidential commission studying worker and community adjustment.
Real-world impact
- Creates a commission to study how workers and communities adjust to economic change.
- Commission will deliver findings, best practices, and recommendations to the President and Congress within 12 months.
- Department of Labor must fund and administer the commission and may assign staff.
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Summary
This order creates the Commission on Workers, Communities, and Economic Change in the New Economy to study economic dislocation and how workers and communities adjust.
Up to 14 people will be appointed by the President, including state and local workforce or community development officials, economists, labor and business representatives, and Members of Congress; the President will designate a Chair.
The Commission will examine trade, technology, globalization, training, income support, and public-private partnerships and must report findings and recommendations to the President and Congress within 12 months of its first meeting.
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