More than 30 million Americans have lost their jobs and signed up for expanded unemployment benefits over the last month, while a small business loan program has likely prevented millions of additional layoffs.
There’s been a sevenfold increase in the number of workers in worksharing arrangements since this time last year, according to the U.S. Labor Department, but that only amounts to 62,297 jobs. The concept could prove useful in the coming months, however, after a new loan program for small businesses expires.
“This way, when demand picks up, they have the workers on staff and just have to increase hours,” Baker said. Richard Bodin owns Hudson Home, an interior design studio and showroom in Hudson, New York, with seven employees. Since New York is one of the states that already offers worksharing, when the governor ordered nonessential businesses to close in March, Bodin signed his workers up.
Bortoluzzi described the extra money as a “godsend” for her and her husband, whose business is itself in trouble. The combined benefit was more than her pay at Hudson Home, and almost as much as she made from that job plus several other part-time gigs. Business advocacy groups have asked Congress and the Small Business Administration to give firms leeway on the timing of the payroll loans, considering much of the country is still shut down.
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