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Shared Work - alternative to layoff

Shared Work is offered by the MN Unemployment Insurance (UI) Program to help employers avoid a layoff.

Benefits of Shared Work

  • Keep experienced and trained staff
  • Avoid future hiring and training costs
  • Increase operations quickly when business conditions improve
  • Avoid a layoff which creates goodwill and financial stability for the workforce and the community
  • What you need to apply

    Information you need to complete the application:

    • The number of layoffs prevented by your participation in Shared Work.
    • Your proposed start and end dates must be for at least two months but not more than one year. (You can extend your plan up to an additional year.)
    • The name, Social Security number, and original hire date of each participating employee.
      Select employees that you intend to retain long term. If you lay off an employee who is on Shared Work, your plan may end.
    • The proposed hours each participating employee will work each week for the duration of the plan.
      The proposed hours worked by each employee must be at least 50 percent and no more than 80 percent of their normal weekly hours. (An exception is that the plan may provide for a vacation shutdown for up to two weeks.)
    • An owner or officer must sign the completed application.

Questions

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Minnesota Law §268.136 - Shared Work

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