Texas Labor Code Title 4, Chapter 215 - Shared Work Unemployment Compensation Program

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas 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...

SUBCHAPTER B SHARED WORK PLAN

• Texas Section 215.002 - Shared Work Unemployment Compensation Program
  (a) The commission, under a voluntary shared work unemployment compensation program designed to reduce unemployment and stabilize the work force, shall allow participating employees shared...
• Texas Section 215.021 - Approval Required For Employer Plan
  (a) Before an employer may participate in the shared work program, the commission must approve the employer's shared work plan. The plan must be submitted...
• Texas Section 215.022 - Requirements Of Shared Work Plan
  (a) The commission may approve a shared work plan if: (1) the plan: (A) applies to and identifies a specific affected unit; (B) identifies the...
• Texas Section 215.023 - Approval Or Denial Of Shared Work Plan; Notice
  (a) The commission shall approve or deny a shared work plan in writing not later than the 30th day after the date the commission receives...
• Texas Section 215.024 - Effective Date Of Shared Work Plan; Expiration Or Termination
  (a) A shared work plan takes effect on the date the commission approves the plan. (b) A shared work plan expires on the last day...
• Texas Section 215.025 - Modification Of Shared Work Plan
  (a) An employer may modify a shared work plan to meet changed conditions if the modification conforms to the basic provisions of the plan as...

SUBCHAPTER C SHARED WORK BENEFITS

• Texas Section 215.026 - Participating Employer's Report On Plan Operation
  A participating employer shall: (1) monitor and evaluate the operation of its established shared work plan as requested by the commission; and (2) report the...
• Texas Section 215.041 - Employee's Eligibility For Shared Work Benefits
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, an individual is unemployed for the purposes of this subtitle in a week in which the individual...
• Texas Section 215.042 - Shared Work Benefits Formula
  (a) The commission shall pay an individual who is eligible for shared work benefits a weekly shared work benefit in an amount equal to the...
• Texas Section 215.043 - Limitations On Benefits
  (a) An individual is not entitled to receive shared work benefits and regular unemployment compensation benefits that exceed the maximum total benefits payable to the...
• Texas Section 215.044 - Extended Benefits
  An individual who has received all of the shared work benefits and regular unemployment compensation benefits available in a benefit year is an individual who...

Last modified: September 28, 2016