{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-8-290","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 34-8-290","heading":"Work share as alternative to layoffs; program requirements.","body":"(a) The Commissioner shall have the authority to adopt, amend, or rescind rules and regulations and to take such other action as deemed necessary or suitable in order to establish a work-sharing program that provides employers with an alternative to layoffs.\n(b) Any work-sharing program so established shall:\n(1) Allow employers to voluntarily reduce employees’ hours by 10 to 60 percent in lieu of layoffs and provide employees with a corresponding prorated share of unemployment benefits;\n(2) Conform to the provisions of the definition of short-time compensation program provided in 26 U.S.C. Section 3306(v) of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act; and\n(3) Include such provisions as are necessary to qualify for available federal reimbursement of benefits and federal short-time compensation administrative grants available, including, but not limited to, any funds available under Title II, Subtitle A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136), as amended.","path":["TITLE 34 Labor and Industrial Relations","CHAPTER 8 Employment Security","Article 11 Work Share Programs"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.34.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"7ab0e6286b125d3ba3e372cc38edfb0508184bd0fe9119c71a6e9502c2624840","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-8-280","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-34-9-1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}