Criteria for shared work plan

The Administrator may approve a shared work plan based upon compliance with the following conditions: (a) The shared work plan applies to and identifies a specific affected unit. (b) Those employees within the affected unit who have been designated as shared work plan participants are identified by name and social security number. (c) The shared work plan reduces the normal weekly hours of work for the participating employees in the affected unit by not less than twenty percent nor more than forty percent. (d) The shared work plan shall state that: (1) fringe benefits will continue to be provided to employees in affected units as though their normal weekly hours of work had not been reduced, and (2) service credits toward seniority shall accrue during the operation of the shared work plan at a rate at least commensurate with the amount of reduced hours actually worked. (e) The participating employer certifies that the implementation of a shared work plan and the resulting reduction in work hours are in lieu of temporary layoffs that would affect at least ten percent of all employees in the affected unit and would otherwise result in an equivalent reduction in work hours. (f) The participating employer has filed all reports required to be submitted pursuant to Sections 31-250-8 to 31-250-12, inclusive, and has paid all contributions due for all past and current contribution periods as required under sections 31-225 and 31-225a of the General Statutes. (g) The employer is a contributing employer, as defined in subsection (c) of Section 31-250-8. (h) If any of the participating employees under a shared work plan are covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the shared work plan must be approved in writing by the participating employees' collective bargaining representative. In the absence of any bargaining representative, the plan must contain a certification by the employer that he has made the proposed plan, or a summary thereof, available to each employee in the affected group for inspection and comment for a period of at least seven (7) days, and copies of the memorandum to the employees and any comments received must be attached. (i) The plan applies to only full-time permanent employees and is not implemented to subsidize seasonal employers during any off-season period, or to subsidize employers who have traditionally used part-time employees.