SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE WORKER ADJUSTMENT AND 
RETRAINING NOTIFICATION ACT. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 2(a) of the Worker Ad-
justment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 
2101(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘for—’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘500 employees’’ in 
clause (ii), and inserting ‘‘for at least 50 employ-
ees’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(3) in paragraph (8), by striking the period and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) the term ‘offshoring of jobs’ means any ac-
tion taken by an employer the effect of which is to 
create, shift, or transfer work or facilities outside 
the United States and which results in an employ-
ment loss during any 30 day period for 15 or more 
employees.’’. 
(b) DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOY-
MENT LOSS.—Section 3(d) of the Worker Adjustment and 
Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2102(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘each of which’’ and inserting 
‘‘1 or more of which’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘within any 90-day period’’ and 
inserting ‘‘within any 180-day period’’. 
(c) NOTICE.—Section 3 of the Worker Adjustment 
and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2102) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘60-day’’ and inserting ‘‘90-day’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (2), the 
following: 
‘‘(3) to the Secretary of Labor.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘60-day’’ each 
place that such appears and inserting ‘‘90-day’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) NOTICE FOR OFFSHORING OF JOBS.—In the 
case of a notice under subsection (a) regarding the 
offshoring of jobs, the notice shall include, in addition to 
the information otherwise required by the Secretary with 
respect to other notices under such subsection, informa-
tion concerning—
‘‘(1) the number of jobs affected; 
‘‘(2) the location to which work or facilities are 
being shifted or transferred; and 
‘‘(3) the reasons that such shifting or transfer-
ring of work or facilities is occurring.’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The Worker Adjust-
ment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C. 2101 et 
seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘plant closing or mass layoff’’ 
each place that such appears and inserting ‘‘plant 
closing, mass layoff, or offshoring of jobs’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘closing or layoff’’ each place 
that such appears and inserting ‘‘closing, layoff, or 
offshoring’’; and 
(3) in section 3— 
(A) in the section heading by striking 
‘‘PLANT
CLOSINGS
AND
MASS
LAYOFFS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘PLANT CLOSINGS, MASS LAY-
OFFS, AND OFFSHORING OF JOBS’’; 
(B) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking 
‘‘closing or mass layoff’’ and inserting ‘‘closing, 
layoff, or offshoring’’; and 
(C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘section 
2(a)(2) or (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2), 
(3), or (9) of section 2(a)’’.
(e) CIVIL ACTIONS AGAINST EMPLOYERS.—Section 
5(a) of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifica-
tion Act (29 U.S.C. 2104(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘60 days’’ and 
inserting ‘‘90 days’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(3) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(4) in paragraph (1), by inserting after sub-
paragraph (B) the following: 
‘‘(C) any other consequential damages incurred 
by the aggrieved employee as a result of the viola-
tion of section 3 of this Act.’’; 
(5) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘State or’’ 
after ‘‘with respect to a’’; 
(6) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the 
following: ‘‘If the court determines that an employer 
acted in bad faith in an attempt to evade the re-
quirements of this Act, the court may, in its discre-
tion, award to persons seeking to enforce this Act, 
treble damages.’’; and 
(7) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, a State,’’ 
after ‘‘a representative of employees’’. 
(f) POSTING OF EMPLOYEE RIGHTS.—The Worker 
Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (29 U.S.C.