First off, I wish I had found this program years ago!  Apparently, it has been around since the 1980’s.  In the past, I was forced to put away nearly $25,000 each year to help carry and pay my employees through our slow season of January – March.  It was also the time when I had to cut hours and employees often got angry with me and created a walkout in my salon.  Well, I finally did find this program, so moving forward is going to provide much, much less pressure to keep trained employees on staff and I hope it helps you too! NYS is sending emails to small businesses to help seasonal employers, keep staff during slow periods, now that all the PPP money has dried up. You may have the same email I received in your inbox

How it works is that you can apply at any time for a 13 month period and will need  at least 2 employees on the program to qualify in NYS .  The good news is that you can have several teams of employees at different reduced levels whose hours have been cut and the program will pay up to 60 % of their lost wages.

I received an email about a month ago that had a link to get more information about the program and responded. Well, the next business day, I received a call from a representative who prequalified my business pretty quickly, and then set me up with an account representative, who sent over all the application materials.  They were super helpful and super excited to help me understand and use the program.  I think it has been under-utilized in the past. Well, no more, because I am spreading the news to employee based businesses.  Yes that is another stipulation.  The program doesn’t apply if you utilize 1099 or booth rental status for your people in your business.

My team and I have done the research for you and have included links to get more information about the work share program in several states.  Please feel free to update us so we can include it in the grid below if you find helpful links for any states that we were unable to locate.  And please let us know if you utilize the program and how it helped save your business through this possible upcoming recession.

Feel free to email me at alayne@makemefab.com with any additional questions or to tell your walkout survival story.

STATE NAME OF THE PROGRAM LINK TO MORE INFORMATION
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona Arizona Shared Work Program https://des.az.gov/services/employment/unemployment-employer/shared-work-program-faqs
Arkansas Arkansas Shared Work Program https://www.dws.arkansas.gov/employers/shared-work-program/
California Work Sharing https://edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/Work_Sharing_Program.htm
Colorado Work-Share https://cdle.colorado.gov/sites/cdle/files/WorkShareEmployee_0.pdf
https://www.rubinbrown.com/article/8218/COVID-19-Colorado-State-Work-Share-Program-vs-the-Paycheck-Protection-Program-PPP-Can-I-Use-Both.aspx?articlegroup=1018
Connecticut Voluntary shared work unemployment compensation program https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_567.htm#sec_31-274j
Delaware
Florida Short Time Compensation Program for Employees https://www.floridajobs.org/office-directory/division-of-workforce-services/reemployment-assistance-programs/short-time-compensation-program-for-employees
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois Work Share Illinois https://ides.illinois.gov/employer-resources/workshare-il.html
Indiana https://www.indianachamber.com/policy-advocacy/workshare/
Iowa Voluntary shared work program https://www.iowaworkforcedevelopment.gov/voluntary-shared-work-program
Kansas Shared Work Program https://www.dol.ks.gov/employers/shared-work-program
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine Work Share https://www.maine.gov/unemployment/workshare/
Maryland Work Sharing http://dllr.maryland.gov/employment/worksharing/
Massachusetts WorkShare Program https://www.mass.gov/topics/workshare-program
Michigan WorkShare Program https://www.michigan.gov/leo/bureaus-agencies/uia/employers/panel-resources/programs/workshare-program
Minnesota Shared Work https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/268.136
Mississippi
Missouri Shared Work https://labor.mo.gov/shared-work
Montana
Nebraska Short-Time Compensation https://dol.nebraska.gov/STC
Nevada
New Hampshire Stay at Work: WorkShare https://www.nhes.nh.gov/nhworking/stay/details.htm
New Jersey Shared Work Program: An alternative to layoffs https://www.nj.gov/labor/employer-services/business/sharedwork.shtml
New Mexico
New York Shared work initiative in NYS https://dol.ny.gov/shared-work-program-0
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio SharedWork Ohio http://jfs.ohio.gov/factsheets/SharedWorkOhio-FAQs.stm
Oklahoma
Oregon Work Share Oregon https://www.oregon.gov/EMPLOY/Unemployment/Pages/Work-Share-Program.aspx
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania’s Shared-Work Program https://www.uc.pa.gov/employers-uc-services-uc-tax/shared-work/Pages/default.aspx
Rhode Island Work Share https://dlt.ri.gov/employers/workshare
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee Work-sharing program https://trackbill.com/bill/tennessee-house-bill-2005-employees-employers-as-introduced-enacts-the-tennessee-work-share-act-of-2014-amends-tca-title-50/642323/
Texas Shared Work https://www.twc.texas.gov/businesses/shared-work
Utah
Vermont Short-time compensation program https://taxnews.ey.com/news/2020-0952-vermont-law-inactivates-states-workshare-program-in-july-2020-despite-federal-incentives-under-the-cares-act-for-covid-19-relief
Virginia Short-time compensation program https://www.vec.virginia.gov/sites/default/files/documents/majchgs_3.pdf
Washington Shared Work https://esd.wa.gov/SharedWork
West Virginia https://www.wvpublic.org/government/2021-03-26/work-sharing-bill-for-unemployment-benefits-passes-w-va-house
Wisconsin Work-Share https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/uitax/workshare.htm
Wyoming https://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/wyoming/article_f38d3cf0-4ca2-577a-876d-ef3eeb3d455c.html