SB 139

Current law allows an employer to create a work-share program within a work

unit of the employer. Under a work-share program, the working hours of all of the

full-time employees in the program are reduced in an equitable manner in lieu of a

layoff of some of the employees and a continuation of full-time employment by the

other employees. A claimant for unemployment insurance benefits who is included

in a work-share program may receive UI benefits during his or her continued

employment with the work-share employer in an amount equal to the claimant's

benefit for total unemployment multiplied by the same percentage reduction in

normal working hours that the claimant incurs under the program. Current law also

provides for the temporary modification of certain requirements that apply to

work-share plans with respect to work-share plans submitted on or after April 17,

2020, and before December 31, 2020. This bill extends the applicability of these

modifications until the earlier of the conclusion of a national emergency declared by

the U.S. president in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus or July 4, 2021.