On April 22, 2020, the Virginia General Assembly adopted Governor Ralph Northam’s proposed amendment to a bill that will re-establish a work-sharing program in Virginia.1 The amended work-share bill received broad bi-partisan support in both chambers of the legislature. As a result, on January 1, 2021, Virginia will join a group of more than 20 states that offer work-sharing programs, which provide prorated unemployment benefits to workers whose employers reduce their hours in an effort to avoid layoffs.