S. 4303 · 116th Congress

Workforce Retention Act of 2020

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Jack Reed
Introduced
2020-07-23
Latest action
2020-07-23 · Introduced in Senate

Summary

Workforce Retention Act of 2020 This bill extends temporary funding for short-time compensation (STC) programs through December 22, 2022, and establishes state requirements for permanent, federally-financed 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.)