As used in this part, the following definitions apply:
- (1) "Closure" means the permanent shutting down of operations at a workplace.
- (2) "Department" means the department of labor and industry.
- (3) "Employer" means the state of Montana.
- (4) "Governmental facility" means any institution, department, agency, bureau, or office operated by the state of Montana and employing more than 25 persons.
- (5) "Retrenchment" means reducing the number of employees at the governmental facility by at least 250 employees over any 2-year period, provided that a reduction in the number of employees by attrition is not retrenchment.
History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 757, L. 1991.