2005 California Unemployment Insurance Code Sections 12100-12102 CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

12100.  The Legislature finds and declares that the persistence of
high levels of unemployment, even during periods of substantial
economic growth, is a matter of serious concern to the people of
California, and requires a continuing search for solutions.
   The Legislature further finds that measures undertaken at all
levels of government to stimulate employment and to abate
unemployment are by and large appropriate and useful, but that the
aggregate impact of such measures over the years has fallen short of
achieving and maintaining full employment.  The Legislature therefore
finds it proper and prudent to augment existing efforts by
encouraging the development of new measures intended to increase
employment opportunities.
   It is the intent of this legislation to promote experimentation
with means of creating employment opportunities through voluntary
redistribution of hours of work, permitting more time away from work
for those who desire additional leisure while providing employment
for those who have no work.
   It is explicitly not the intent of this legislation to impose any
constraints upon participating employers to modify any of their
policies governing the operation of their business.
12100.5.  Nothing in this division shall be construed to supersede
or impair any contrary provisions contained in an existing collective
bargaining agreement.
12101.  The Employment Development Department shall administer the
provisions of this division subject to the provisions of Section
12112.  The department shall develop administrative procedures and
guidelines necessary to carry out the intent of this division,
including, but not limited to, means to monitor and measure program
effectiveness.
12102.  Definitions:
   (a) "Leisure sharing" means a job-creation concept in which some
full-time workers voluntarily reduce worktime under such
circumstances that additional employment opportunities result from
the employer's desire to maintain a given level of production.
   The term leisure sharing is to be distinguished from work sharing
or shared work as such terms are used in Sections 978.5 and 1279.5.
In the context of this code, leisure sharing refers to the creation
of employment opportunities through voluntary reduced worktime
conjoined with a maintenance of production, whereas work sharing or
shared work refer to the preservation of existing employment
opportunities to the extent possible through worktime reductions in
the face of diminished production requirements.
   (b) "Reduced worktime" means a period of worktime less than that
established by law or usage in a given work setting to be the
standard for full-time.
   (c) "Reduced workday" means fewer than the standard number of
hours for a full-time workday.
   (d) "Reduced workweek" means fewer than the standard number of
days for a full-time workweek.
   (e) "Reduced workyear" means additional days or weeks off work
beyond those normally granted to a full-time worker.
   (f) "Extended leave" or "sabbatical leave" means a very long
continuous leave of absence from work of up to one year, with return
rights, when granted, coming usually after a number of years of
continuous service with the same employer.
   (g) "Job sharing," "job pairing," or "twinning" means a form of
job structuring in which two or more persons jointly fulfill the
responsibilities of one full-time position with some degree of
cooperation between them.