Work Sharing Unemployment Insurance Program

A voluntary program that helps employers avoid layoffs during a temporary, unexpected business downturn. Instead of laying off workers, employers temporarily reduce employee work hours by 10% to 60% equally among all employees in an affected unit. Affected employees receive partial unemployment insurance (UI) benefits equal to the percentage by which their hours are reduced—for example, a 25% reduction in hours yields 25% of the employee's full weekly UI benefit amount—in addition to wages...