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Concerning the voluntary shared work program and including applicability provisions
Sponsored by the Senate Labor and Business Relations Committee
Topics:Jobs & workers
Same legislation: SSB 3157
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 12, 2020
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 12, 2020
- Done: Senate committeeFebruary 17, 2020
- Done: Passes the SenateMarch 10, 202048–0
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Under this plan, employers who want to reduce employee hours and pay must apply those changes equally to everyone in the group every single week. If the state denies or approves a work plan, the employer has a set number of days to file a written appeal. These rules apply to all new shared work plans approved by the department of workforce development.1
Read the official explanation
This bill modifies conditions for approval of a voluntary shared work plan by the department. The division provides that a reduction in hours and corresponding reduction in wages that must be applied equally to all employees in the affected unit must be applied equally for each week reported. The division also permits an employer to file an appeal in writing of a denial or approval of a plan or revocation of an approved plan by the department within days from the date of the decision and replaces a reference to the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998 with a reference to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. These provisions apply to all voluntary shared work plans approved by the department of workforce development on or after the effective date of the bill.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 12, 2020 (as SSB 3157). On February 13, 2020 it recommended passage.
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