MD Dept of Labor Worksharing Program

In 1984, the Maryland General Assembly enacted legislation establishing the Work Sharing Unemployment Insurance Program. Work Sharing is a voluntary program that provides an alternative to layoffs for employers faced with a temporary, non-cyclical decline in business due to lower economic activity. The program is designed to avoid layoffs by preserving jobs for current employees and to assist businesses that have already undertaken layoffs to reopen and resume operations gradually. Employers who participate in Work Sharing can retain employees by temporarily reducing the hours of work, within a range of 10% to 60%, among employees within the affected unit(s). The employees with reduced work hours receive partial unemployment insurance benefits to supplement lost wages.
Video Transcript:
UNEXPECTED EVENTS CAN DEVASTATE BUSINESS
BUT HELP IS AVAILABLE.
MARYLAND’S LAYOFF AVERSION STRATEGY -
HELPS EMPLOYERS RETAIN WORKFORCE DURING AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN.
IT’S SIMPLE -
EMPLOYEES KEEP WORKING, WITH REDUCED HOURS-
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE COVERS A PORTION OF THE TIME LOST.
EVERYBODY WINS.
EMPLOYEES RETAIN BENEFITS & INCOME -
BUSINESSES REMAIN OPEN!
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SUCCEED. TOGETHER. MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.