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sharing plan functions as the work sharing employer's transition
to a permanent staff reduction.

(9)  The plan is approved in writing by the collective
bargaining agent for each collective bargaining agreement
covering any affected employee in the affected unit or units or
in the absence of such an agent, by representatives of the
employees or employees' association in the affected unit or
units.

(10)  The work sharing plan shall not serve [as a
subsidy of seasonal employers during the off-season, nor] as a
subsidy of employers who have traditionally used part-time
employees, those being employees who work less than 30 hours per
week.

(11)  The plan specifies an expiration date which is
no more than 6 months from the effective date of the plan.

(12)  The work sharing employer agrees to furnish
reports necessary for the proper administration of the work
sharing plan and to permit the Department of Employment and
Training access to all records necessary to verify the plan prior
to approval and after approval to monitor and evaluate

application of the plan.

(d)  The Secretary shall approve or disapprove a plan in
writing within 15 days of receipt. If a plan is disapproved, the
denial is final and not appealable. The employer may, however,
submit another plan 15 days from the date of the earlier
rejection.

(e)  An approved work sharing plan may be modified, if the

modification meets the requirements for approval under subsection

(c) of this section and is approved by the Secretary. An

approved modification may not change the expiration date of the
plan.

(f)  The Secretary may revoke approval of a work sharing
plan for good cause. Good cause shall include but shall not be
limited to failure to comply with the assurances in the plan,
unreasonable revision of productivity standards of the affected
unit or units, conduct or occurrences tending to defeat the
intent and effective operation of the plan and violation of any
criteria on which approval of the plan was based.

(g)  An affected employee's monetary entitlement to work
sharing unemployment insurance benefits shall be determined as
follows:

(1) The work sharing unemployment insurance benefit
amount shall be the product of the affected employee's regular
weekly benefit amount as determined under § 3(b) of this article
multiplied by the percentage of reduction in the employee's
normal weekly hours of work for the work sharing employer as