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In the US, 27 states have work-sharing programs that offer partial unemployment benefits to people whose hours have been reduced. Employers continue to keep the workers and can avoid the additional costs of recruiting and retraining when business gets back up to speed. Workers, whose hours might be reduced anywhere from 10% to 60%, continue to be compensated and receive benefits like health insurance.Work sharing has never been a popular policy in the US. However, as the pandemic is causing an unprecedented surge in unemployment, opinion might change on this topic.