Section 215.001 - Definitions 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 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.Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 13,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2013.Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 42, Sec. 1, eff. 5/19/2009. Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1993.