What is Reemployment Trade Adjustment Assistance (RTAA)?
The Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009 established RTAA as a reemployment assistance program for older workers certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance. This program is effective for petitions filed on or after May 18, 2009. The Act requires that petitioners who request that workers be certified for the RTAA program must do so at the time the petition is filed. The petition forms ETA9042 in English or ETA9042(a) in Spanish, for requesting TAA and RTAA can be downloaded here. The program is designed to allow TAA eligible workers who find reemployment to receive a wage subsidy to help bridge the salary gap between their old and new employment. To receive the RTAA benefits, workers must be TAA and RTAA certified. Under the RTAA program, workers in an eligible worker group who are at least 50 years of age; earn not more than $55,000 each year in wages from reemployment; are employed on a full-time basis and are not enrolled in an approved training;
