Definitions

For 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 his designee. (b) "Affected unit" means a specific department, shift or other unit of four or more employees that is designated by an employer to participate in a shared work plan. (c) "Contributing employer" means an employer who is assigned a percentage rate of contributions under the provisions of Sec. 31-225a of the General Statutes. (d) "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. (e) "Full-time employment" means services required of the employee of not less than thirty-five (35) nor more than forty (40) hours per week. (f) "Normal weekly hours of work" means the lesser of forty hours or the average obtained by dividing the total number of hours worked per week during the preceding twelve-week period by the number twelve. (g) "Participating employee" means an employee who works a reduced number of hours under a shared work plan. (h) "Participating employer" means an employer who has a shared work plan in effect. (i) "Seasonal" means an employer who has a work base that is attached or dependent upon a particular time of year on an annual basis. (j) "Shared work benefit" means an unemployment compensation benefit that is payable by the Administrator under Special Act 91-17 to an individual in an affected unit because the individual works a reduced number of hours under an approved shared work plan. (k) "Shared work plan" means a program 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. (l) "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. (m) "Unemployment compensation" means any unemployment benefits administered by the Administrator under Chapter 567 of the 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).