3.0.0 3494 2022-02-09T04:18:07Z 2022-02-09T07:28:54Z Senate S 2020-03-12 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-12T20:32:49Z Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020 116 6379 HR 2020-03-23 Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS Layoff Prevention Act of 2020 116 8213 HR 2020-09-11 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Identical bill CRS 2020-03-12 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-03-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2020-03-12 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2020-03-12 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-06-15 False Labor and Employment Government trust funds Intergovernmental relations State and local finance State and local government operations Temporary and part-time employment Unemployment Labor and Employment 00 2020-03-12 Introduced in Senate 2020-05-06T15:17:40Z Layoff Prevention Act of 2020

This bill provides 100% of temporary federal financing of limited short-time compensation (STC) payments in states with existing or new STC programs. (STC, also known as work sharing, is a program within the federal-state unemployment system that provides pro-rated unemployment compensation to workers whose hours have been reduced in lieu of a layoff.)

Certain states without an STC program may enter into an agreement with the Department of Labor under which Labor will temporarily finance 50% of the state's STC payments. If such a state subsequently enacts a state law implementing a STC program that meets federal requirements it shall be ineligible for such 50% financing, but shall be eligible for the 100% financing. Federal financing of STC payments is limited to 260 weeks.

Labor must

  • award grants to states that enact STC programs to implement or improve administration of such programs and promote and enroll employers in STC programs;
  • develop and provide model legislative language for states to develop and enact STC programs, including periodically reviewing and revising such language;
  • provide technical assistance and guidance in developing, enacting, and implementing STC programs; and
  • establish certain STC reporting requirements.
]]> Layoff Prevention Act of 2020 Display Title Layoff Prevention Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Layoff Prevention Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for temporary financing of short-time compensation programs. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3494is/xml/BILLS-116s3494is.xml 2020-03-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.