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What is Shared Work?
The Shared Work Program is an Employment Security (Unemployment Insurance) program within the Kansas Department of Human Resources (KDHR). The program provides employers an alternative to laying
off employees. If an employer elects to participate in the Shared Work Program they must submit a plan. If their plan is approved, affected employees are allowed to share the work available in
lieu of some employees being laid off.
Employees who share the work under an approved Shared Work Program plan collect a percentage of regular unemployment insurance benefits to compensate for reduced hours of work and wages.
Benefits paid under this program may be charged to the participating employer's unemployment insurance account.
Eligibility
To be eligible for Shared Work
Your employer must submit a plan certifying that reduction of hours is in lieu of temporary layoffs.
- You must have or be able to file a valid Kansas Unemployment Insurance claim.
- You must serve or have served a waiting week.
- Your normal weekly work hours are reduced at least 20 percent but not more than 40 percent for each week.
- Your employer must certify that you worked all the available hours with the participating employer for the week(s) being claimed.
If you are participating in a Shared Work Program plan, you are not required to look for work and are not penalized for refusing job offers from other employers.
How to Claim Shared Work Benefits
Each week your employer receives a Shared Work Weekly Certification containing your name and social security number.
The employer certifies the number of hours you worked during the week and whether you refused an offer of full-time work within their company.
The weekly certification is then returned to the Kansas Department of Human Resources for processing. If you are eligible for Shared Work benefits, your check is
mailed to you.
Computation of Benefits
If you have an existing Kansas Unemployment Insurance claim, your weekly and maximum benefit amounts do not change for the remainder of your benefit year.
If you are establishing a new claim when you file for Shared Work Program benefits, you will receive a monetary determination in the mail. Your
monetary determination lists current and previous employers and wages earned in Kansas during the period used to establish an unemployment insurance claim. The monetary determination also
provides your weekly and maximum benefit amounts.
If you have missing Kansas wages or have made wages in another state during the period shown, advise your employer to notify the Kansas Department of
Human Resources.
If you have wages from military service or federal employment during the period shown, you must telephone the UI Call Center nearest you to arrange to have these
wages added to your unemployment insurance claim.
Unemployment insurance benefits are reduced in proportion to the hours your employer reduces your normal work week.
Example Computation of Benefits:
You normally work a 40-hour week and your employer reduces your work by eight hours a week. You are eligible to receive 20
percent of your unemployment insurance weekly benefit amount (WBA).
If your WBA = $190
20% X $190 = $ 38
Your Shared Work Program benefit is $38
Restrictions
An employee cannot be paid more than 26 weeks under the Shared Work Program plan. Any amount paid is deducted from the total amount of regular benefits during a
benefit year, and the total amount cannot exceed the individual's maximum benefit amount.
You are not eligible for any week in which you perform work for the participating employer in excess of the reduced hours established under the Shared Work Program
plan.
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