Tex.
Labor Code Section 215.001
Definitions
(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 defined benefit plan, as defined by 26 U.S.C. Section 414(j), or under a defined contribution plan, as defined by 26 U.S.C. Section 414(i), 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.(9)
“Training” means commission-approved voluntary training sponsored by an employer or funded under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. Section 2801 et seq.) that is designed to enhance a participant’s job skills.
Source:
Section 215.001 — Definitions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.215.htm#215.001 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
