ACTION ALERT!

CALL TODAY! Bi-Partisan Jobs Bill MAY NOT Be Heard in Indiana House of Representatives.

The Institute has just discovered that an important JOBS BILL (HB 1151, Work Sharing) supported by a bi-partisan group of lawmakers, may not get a public hearing. Despite strong bi-partisan support for this job-saving legislation, the Indiana House of Representatives Committee on Labor and Pensions has not scheduled HB 1151 for a hearing.

Work Sharing allows firms, who typically respond to a loss in demand by firing workers, to spread a small amount of the pain across many workers, at no significant cost to the state. Simply stated, instead of unemployment benefits that pay Hoosiers to NOT work, work sharing would be paying for people to work shorter hours, saving employers money, and keeping Hoosiers working.

As Indiana continues to shed jobs, stalling Work Sharing legislation will effectively limits its ability to SAVE JOBS considering current economic conditions.

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