A bill to amend the trade adjustment assistance provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 in order to include periods of authorized sick leave or absence from work due to work-related injury within the computation of weeks of employment for purposes of establishing worker eligibility for such assistance, and for other purposes.

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Amends the Trade Act of 1974 to include any period of authorized sick leave or absence from work due to work-related injury as a period of employment in determining whether a worker meets the required weeks of employment to qualify for trade adjustment assistance. Directs the Secretary of Labor to reconsider any refiled application in light of such amendment, if the original application was denied.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 18 September 1980

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