[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 3]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR665.310]

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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
 CHAPTER V--EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 665--STATEWIDE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES UNDER TITLE I OF THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT--Table of Contents
 
                  Subpart C--Rapid Response Activities
 
Sec. 665.310  What rapid response activities are required?

    Rapid response activities must include:
    (a) Immediate and on-site contact with the employer, representatives 
of the affected workers, and the local community, which may include an 
assessment of the:
    (1) Layoff plans and schedule of the employer;
    (2) Potential for averting the layoff(s) in consultation with State 
or local economic development agencies, including private sector 
economic development entities;
    (3) Background and probable assistance needs of the affected 
workers;
    (4) Reemployment prospects for workers in the local community; and
    (5) Available resources to meet the short and long-term assistance 
needs of the affected workers.
    (b) The provision of information and access to unemployment 
compensation benefits, comprehensive One-Stop system services, and 
employment and training activities, including information on the Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program and the NAFTA-TAA program (19 U.S.C. 
2271 et seq.);
    (c) The provision of guidance and/or financial assistance in 
establishing a labor-management committee voluntarily agreed to by labor 
and management, or a workforce transition committee comprised of 
representatives of

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the employer, the affected workers and the local community. The 
committee may devise and oversee an implementation strategy that 
responds to the reemployment needs of the workers. The assistance to 
this committee may include:
    (1) The provision of training and technical assistance to members of 
the committee;
    (2) Funding the operating costs of a committee to enable it to 
provide advice and assistance in carrying out rapid response activities 
and in the design and delivery of WIA-authorized services to affected 
workers. Typically, such support will last no longer than six months; 
and
    (3) Providing a list of potential candidates to serve as a neutral 
chairperson of the committee.
    (d) The provision of emergency assistance adapted to the particular 
closing, layoff or disaster.
    (e) The provision of assistance to the local board and chief elected 
official(s) to develop a coordinated response to the dislocation event 
and, as needed, obtain access to State economic development assistance. 
Such coordinated response may include the development of an application 
for National Emergency Grant under 20 CFR part 671. (WIA secs. 101(38) 
and 134(a)(2)(A).)