Section 31-250-8 - DefinitionsFor purposes of Sections 31-250-8 to 31-250-12, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following definitions apply:
(a) "Administrator" means the Labor Commissioner of the state of Connecticut, whose mailing address is 200 Folly Brook Boulevard, Wethersfield, Connecticut 06109, or the Administrator's designee.(b) "Affected unit" means a specific department, shift or other unit of two or more employees that is designated by an employer to participate in a shared work plan.(c) "Fringe benefits" means health insurance, retirement benefits received under a pension plan, paid vacation days, paid holidays, sick leave and any other employee benefit that is provided by an employer.(d) "Normal weekly hours of work" means the usual hours of work for full-time or part-time employees in the affected unit when that unit is operating on its regular basis, not to exceed forty (40) hours and not including hours of overtime work.(e) "Participating employee" means an employee who works a reduced number of hours under a shared work plan.(f) "Participating employer" means an employer who has a shared work plan in effect.(g) "Seasonal" means an employer who has a work base that is attached or dependent upon a particular time of year on an annual basis.(h) "Shared work benefit" means an unemployment compensation benefit that is payable by the Administrator to an individual in an affected unit because the individual works a reduced number of hours under an approved shared work plan, as distinguished from the unemployment benefits otherwise payable under the unemployment compensation provisions of Chapter 567 of the Connecticut General Statutes.(i) "Shared work plan" means a plan submitted by an employer, for approval by the Administrator, under which the employer requests the payment of short-time compensation to workers in an affected unit of the employer to avert layoffs. "Shared work plan" includes a short-time compensation plan.(j) "Shared work unemployment compensation program" means a program designed to reduce unemployment and stabilize the work force by allowing certain employees to collect unemployment compensation benefits if the employees share the work remaining after a reduction in the total number of hours of work and a corresponding reduction in wages.(k) "Unemployment compensation" means any unemployment benefits administered by the Administrator under Chapter 567 of the Connecticut General Statutes or pursuant to federal law, under agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor, including, but not limited to Extended Benefits, Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE), Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemen (UCX), Trade Readjustment Allowances (TRA), Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) and Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC).Conn. Agencies Regs. § 31-250-8
Effective December 18, 1992; Amended June 6, 2014