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116th Congress
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Workforce Retention Act of 2020
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 23, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4474-4475)
Jul 23, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English 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.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S4474-4475)
Committees of jurisdiction
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