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Can employees who normally work overtime receive shared work benefits for a reduction in their overtime hours?

April 26, 2017Benefits employees hours overtime reduction Shared

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Can employees who normally work overtime receive shared work benefits for a reduction in their overtime hours?

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No. Shared Work benefits can only be paid for wages lost because of a reduction in the employee’s normal, full-time regular hours. The Shared Work law defines full-time hours as at least 35 but not more than 40 hours per week.