California · Labor Code

LAB §1400.5: The definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction and meaning of the terms used in this chapter: (a) “Covered establishment” means any industrial or commercial facility or part t

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This statute provides definitions for terms used in the chapter, including what constitutes a 'covered establishment' as an industrial or commercial facility or part thereof.

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The definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction and meaning of the terms used in this chapter: (a) “Covered establishment” means any industrial or commercial facility or part thereof that employs, or has employed within the preceding 12 months, 75 or more persons. (b) “Employer” means any person, as defined by Section 18, who directly or indirectly owns and operates a covered establishment. A parent corporation is an employer as to any covered establishment directly owned and operated by its corporate subsidiary. (c) “Layoff” means a separation from a position for lack of funds or lack of work. (d) “Mass layoff” means a layoff during any 30-day period of 50 or more employees at a covered establishment. (e) “Relocation” means the removal of all or substantially all of the industrial or commercial operations in a covered establishment to a different location 100 miles or more away. (f) “Termination” means the cessation or substantial cessation of industrial or commercial operations in a covered establishment. (g) (1) This chapter does not apply where the closing or layoff is the result of the completion of a particular project or undertaking of an employer subject to Wage Order 11, regulating the Broadcasting Industry, Wage Order 12, regulating the Motion Picture Industry, or Wage Order 16, regulating Certain On-Site Occupations in the Construction, Drilling, Logging and Mining Industries, of the Industrial Welfare Commission, and the employees were hired with the understanding that their employment was limited to the duration of that project or undertaking. (2) This chapter does not apply to employees who are employed in seasonal employment where the employees were hired with the understanding that their employment was seasonal and temporary. (h) “Employee” means a person employed by an employer for at least 6 months of the 12 months preceding the date on which notice is required.

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