Governor's Office: Economic Impact Resources

Th new statewide COVID-19 site is up and running!

The Employment Security Department (ESD) has several programs to help if businesses need to reduce employees hours or reduce their workforce.

  • For workers and businesses affected by COVID-19

  • SharedWork allows employers to reduce the hours of permanent and hourly-paid employees by as much as 50 percent, and the employees can collect partial unemployment benefits to replace a portion of their lost wages. The application and instructions can be found here.

  • Businesses temporarily reducing hours of work for full-time employees may request to place an employee on standby for up to eight weeks and the employee can collect unemployment benefits without having to look for other work.

The Department of Revenue (DOR) can work with impacted companies to help with any tax payment issues related to COVID-19.

The Department of Commerce has a crisis planning guide as well as resources for small businesses impacted by COVID-19.

The federal Small Business Administration (SBA) may be able to provide assistance through the Economic Injury Disaster Loans program to businesses that have suffered substantial economic injury by COVID-19.

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