Seventeen
states have adopted a federal option called Short-Time Compensation
(STC) that provides partial unemployment benefits to workers who
are not laid off, but are placed on reduced schedules. While these
programs are not automatic and require that states approve a plan
for reduced hours, this may be something unions in states with
a STC provision may want to explore. Under this program, unemployment
benefits are paid to workers for hours of work lost by this action,
as a proportion of the benefit amount for a full week of unemployment.
States with work-sharing programs in effect are Arizona, Arkansas,
California, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts,
Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont,
and Washington. Connecticut has a program but has not yet issued
the regulations required to administer the program.
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