Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
LABOR CODE |
Title 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT |
Subtitle A. TEXAS UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT |
Chapter 215. SHARED WORK UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION PROGRAM |
Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 215.001. DEFINITIONS
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In this chapter:
(1) "Affected unit" means a unit of two or more employees, including a department or shift, designated by an employer to participate in a shared work plan.
(2) "Fringe benefit" means health insurance, a retirement benefit received under a pension plan, a paid vacation day, a paid holiday, sick leave, or any other similar employee benefit provided by an employer.
(3) "Normal weekly hours of work" means the number of hours in a week that an employee ordinarily works for a participating employer or an average of 40 hours per week over a two-week pay period, whichever is less.
(4) "Participating employee" means an employee who works a reduced number of hours under an approved shared work plan.
(5) "Participating employer" means an employer who has a shared work plan in effect.
(6) "Shared work benefit" means an unemployment compensation benefit that is payable to a participating employee.
(7) "Shared work plan" means a plan for reducing unemployment under which employees who are members of an affected unit share the work remaining after a reduction in their normal weekly hours of work.
(8) "Shared work program" means the shared work unemployment compensation program.