The program helps employers avoid layoffs, keep workers employed
WASHINGTON, DC (STL.News) The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the award of a $1,187,842 grant to the Connecticut Department of Labor to improve its Short-Time Compensation program and promote its advantages to the state’s business community. Also known as work-sharing, STC seeks to prevent layoffs by allowing an entire group of workers to receive a partial unemployment benefit payment while their employer reduces their hours.
Administered by the department’s Employment and Training Administration, the grant will enable the Connecticut Department of Labor to improve technology to provide employers and workers with better access to the program and raise awareness among the state’s employers of the STC program’s availability and use.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. The Maine Department of Labor has been awarded a total of $382,579 to promote and enhance its Short Time Compensation (STC) program, known as WorkShare, which allows workers to receive a partial unemployment benefit payment while their employer reduces their hours to avoid layoffs.
“This grant will help the Department provide outreach to employers about Maine’s WorkShare program and also provides funds to implement enhancements to the program that both employees and employers have requested,” Commissioner Laura Fortman said. “WorkShare can be used both to prevent layoffs and to recall workers who had been temporarily laid off from the business. This program has significant benefits for both employees and employers and is one tool to help support efforts to jump-start Maine’s economy.”