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Article 1. Eligibility And Disqualifications of California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.
Unemployment compensation benefits are payable from the
Unemployment Fund to unemployed individuals who are eligible under
this part.
(a) An individual is "unemployed" in any week in which he or
she meets any of the following conditions:
(1) Any week during which he or she performs no services and with respect to which no wages are payable to him or her.
(2) Any week of less than full-time work, if the wages payable to him or her with respect to the week, when reduced by twenty-five dollars ($25) or 25 percent of the wages payable, whichever is greater, do not equal or exceed his or her weekly benefit amount.
(3) Any week for which, except for the requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 1253, he or she would be eligible for benefits under Section 1253.5.
(4) Any week during which he or she performs full-time work for five days as a juror, or as a witness under subpoena.
(b) Authorized regulations shall be prescribed making such distinctions as may be necessary in the procedures applicable to unemployed individuals as to total unemployment, part-total employment, partial unemployment of individuals attached to their regular jobs, and other forms of short-time work.
(c) For the purpose of this section only "wages" includes any and all compensation for personal services whether performed as an employee or as an independent contractor or as a juror or as a witness, but does not include any payment received by a member of the National Guard or reserve component of the armed forces for inactive duty training, annual training, or emergency state active duty.
(1) Any week during which he or she performs no services and with respect to which no wages are payable to him or her.
(2) Any week of less than full-time work, if the wages payable to him or her with respect to the week, when reduced by twenty-five dollars ($25) or 25 percent of the wages payable, whichever is greater, do not equal or exceed his or her weekly benefit amount.
(3) Any week for which, except for the requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 1253, he or she would be eligible for benefits under Section 1253.5.
(4) Any week during which he or she performs full-time work for five days as a juror, or as a witness under subpoena.
(b) Authorized regulations shall be prescribed making such distinctions as may be necessary in the procedures applicable to unemployed individuals as to total unemployment, part-total employment, partial unemployment of individuals attached to their regular jobs, and other forms of short-time work.
(c) For the purpose of this section only "wages" includes any and all compensation for personal services whether performed as an employee or as an independent contractor or as a juror or as a witness, but does not include any payment received by a member of the National Guard or reserve component of the armed forces for inactive duty training, annual training, or emergency state active duty.
With respect to individuals hired as commercial fishermen a
"totally unemployed individual" means an individual who, during a
particular week, while still attached to his employer from the
standpoint that there did not occur any severance of the
employer-employee relationship, earned no wages and performed no
services because his employer's boat was tied up for one or more of
the following reasons:
(a) Inclement weather.
(b) Absence of fish in fishable waters.
(c) Lack of orders for fish from buyers.
(d) Boat is laid up for repairs.
(a) Inclement weather.
(b) Absence of fish in fishable waters.
(c) Lack of orders for fish from buyers.
(d) Boat is laid up for repairs.
With respect to individuals hired as commercial fishermen a
"partially unemployed individual" means an individual who, during a
particular week meets all of the following conditions:
(a) Was employed by his or her regular employer in the act of catching or attempting to catch fish.
(b) Was during the week continuously attached to his or her employer from the standpoint that there did not occur any severance of the employer-employee relationship.
(c) (1) Worked less than normal customary full-time hours or full number of days per week for his or her regular employer because of lack of full-time work, or
(2) If normal customary full-time hours or full number of days per week are not determinable, he or she worked less than four (4) days during a payroll week for his or her regular employer because of lack of full-time work.
(d) Earned wages which, when reduced by twenty-five dollars ($25) or 25 percent of the wages, whichever is greater, do not equal or exceed his or her weekly benefit amount.
(a) Was employed by his or her regular employer in the act of catching or attempting to catch fish.
(b) Was during the week continuously attached to his or her employer from the standpoint that there did not occur any severance of the employer-employee relationship.
(c) (1) Worked less than normal customary full-time hours or full number of days per week for his or her regular employer because of lack of full-time work, or
(2) If normal customary full-time hours or full number of days per week are not determinable, he or she worked less than four (4) days during a payroll week for his or her regular employer because of lack of full-time work.
(d) Earned wages which, when reduced by twenty-five dollars ($25) or 25 percent of the wages, whichever is greater, do not equal or exceed his or her weekly benefit amount.
An unemployed individual is eligible to receive unemployment
compensation benefits with respect to any week only if the director
finds that:
(a) A claim for benefits with respect to that week has been made in accordance with authorized regulations.
(b) He or she has registered for work, and thereafter continued to report, at a public employment office or any other place as the director may approve. Either or both of the requirements of this subdivision may be waived or altered by authorized regulation as to partially employed individuals attached to regular jobs.
(c) He or she was able to work and available for work for that week.
(d) He has been unemployed for a waiting period of one week as defined in Section 1254, unless this waiting period has been waived pursuant to Section 8571 of the Government Code.
(e) He or she conducted a search for suitable work in accordance with specific and reasonable instructions of a public employment office.
(f) He or she participated as required by the director in reemployment activities, such as orientation and assessment if the individual has been identified pursuant to an automated profiling system as likely to exhaust regular unemployment benefits unless the individual has shown good cause for failure to participate.
(a) A claim for benefits with respect to that week has been made in accordance with authorized regulations.
(b) He or she has registered for work, and thereafter continued to report, at a public employment office or any other place as the director may approve. Either or both of the requirements of this subdivision may be waived or altered by authorized regulation as to partially employed individuals attached to regular jobs.
(c) He or she was able to work and available for work for that week.
(d) He has been unemployed for a waiting period of one week as defined in Section 1254, unless this waiting period has been waived pursuant to Section 8571 of the Government Code.
(e) He or she conducted a search for suitable work in accordance with specific and reasonable instructions of a public employment office.
(f) He or she participated as required by the director in reemployment activities, such as orientation and assessment if the individual has been identified pursuant to an automated profiling system as likely to exhaust regular unemployment benefits unless the individual has shown good cause for failure to participate.
An unemployed individual who is in all respects otherwise
eligible for unemployment compensation benefits shall not be deemed
ineligible for any week in which, for not exceeding two working days,
he cannot reasonably be expected to work because:
(a) He is unlawfully detained.
(b) He is lawfully detained or arrested, but the charge against such individual is subsequently dismissed.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any determination made pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section may, if no appeal has been filed therefrom, be reconsidered by the department within 15 days from the date that the charge is dismissed. Notice of any reconsidered determination shall be given to the claimant and any employer or employing unit which received notice under Section 1328 or 1331, and the claimant or employer may appeal therefrom in the manner prescribed in Section 1328.
(a) He is unlawfully detained.
(b) He is lawfully detained or arrested, but the charge against such individual is subsequently dismissed.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any determination made pursuant to subdivision (b) of this section may, if no appeal has been filed therefrom, be reconsidered by the department within 15 days from the date that the charge is dismissed. Notice of any reconsidered determination shall be given to the claimant and any employer or employing unit which received notice under Section 1328 or 1331, and the claimant or employer may appeal therefrom in the manner prescribed in Section 1328.
An unemployed individual who is in all respects otherwise
eligible for unemployment compensation benefits, shall not be deemed
ineligible for any week in which:
(a) For not exceeding two working days, he or she cannot reasonably be expected to work because there has been a death in his or her immediate family in the state in which he or she resides.
(b) For not exceeding four working days, he or she cannot reasonably be expected to work because there has been a death in his or her immediate family outside of the state in which he or she resides.
(a) For not exceeding two working days, he or she cannot reasonably be expected to work because there has been a death in his or her immediate family in the state in which he or she resides.
(b) For not exceeding four working days, he or she cannot reasonably be expected to work because there has been a death in his or her immediate family outside of the state in which he or she resides.
An unemployed individual who has been discharged from any
branch of the United States armed services and who is in all respects
otherwise eligible for unemployment compensation benefits shall not
be deemed ineligible in any week for which he has unexpired leave
time for which he has been compensated upon his discharge.
An unemployed individual who is in all respects otherwise
eligible for unemployment compensation benefits shall not be deemed
ineligible for any week in which pursuant to the provisions of a
collective bargaining agreement he is allowed not more than one
uncompensated day off in that week or is allowed not more than one
uncompensated holiday on one day in that week if:
(a) He is employed in longshoring operations;
(b) His employer regularly offers employment to individuals employed in such operations seven days a week;
(c) He is able to work and available for work for six days of the week except as provided in Section 1253.1 or 1253.12.
(a) He is employed in longshoring operations;
(b) His employer regularly offers employment to individuals employed in such operations seven days a week;
(c) He is able to work and available for work for six days of the week except as provided in Section 1253.1 or 1253.12.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division,
unemployment compensation benefits, extended duration benefits, and
federal-state extended benefits are payable on the basis of service
to which Section 3309(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954
applies, in the same amount, on the same terms, and subject to the
same conditions as benefits payable on the basis of other service
subject to this division, except as provided by this section.
(b) Benefits specified by subdivision (a) based on service performed in the employ of a nonprofit organization, or of any entity as defined by Section 605, with respect to service in an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity for an educational institution are not payable to any individual with respect to any week which begins during the period between two successive academic years or terms or, when an agreement provides instead for a similar period between two regular but not successive terms, during that period, or during a period of paid sabbatical leave provided for in the individual's contract, if the individual performs services in the first of the academic years or terms and if there is a contract or a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform services for any educational institution in the second of the academic years or terms.
(c) Benefits specified by subdivision (a) based on service performed in the employ of a nonprofit organization, or of any entity as defined by Section 605, with respect to service in any other capacity than specified in subdivision (b) for an educational institution shall not be payable to any individual with respect to any week which commences during a period between two successive academic years or terms if the individual performs the service in the first of the academic years or terms and there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the service in the second of the academic years or terms. However, if the individual was not offered an opportunity to perform the services for an educational institution for the second of the academic years or terms, the individual shall be entitled to a retroactive payment of benefits for each week for which the individual filed a timely claim for benefits and for which benefits were denied solely by reason of this subdivision. Retroactive benefits shall be claimed in accordance with the department's procedures which shall specify that except where the individual was entitled to benefits based on services performed for other than an educational institution, an individual who has a reasonable assurance of reemployment may satisfy the search for work requirement of subdivision (e) of Section 1253, by registering for work pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1253 during the period between the first and second academic terms or years. A claim for retroactive benefits may be made no later than 30 days following the commencement of the second academic year or term.
(d) Benefits specified by subdivision (a) based on service performed in the employ of a nonprofit organization, or of any entity as defined by Section 605, with respect to services specified by subdivision (b) or (c), are not payable to any individual with respect to any week that commences during an established and customary vacation period or holiday recess if the individual performs the services in the period immediately before the vacation period or holiday recess, and there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the period immediately following the vacation period or holiday recess.
(e) With respect to any services specified by subdivision (b) or (c), compensation payable on the basis of services in that capacity may be denied as specified in subdivision (b), (c), or (d) to any individual who performed the services in an educational institution while in the employ of an educational service agency, and for this purpose the term "educational service agency" means a governmental agency or governmental entity that is established and operated exclusively for the purpose of providing the services to one or more educational institutions.
(f) Benefits specified by subdivision (a) based on service performed in the employ of a nonprofit organization, or of any entity as defined by Section 605, are not payable during the periods of time, and subject to the same conditions, contained in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (h), if the services are provided to, or on behalf of, an educational institution.
(g) For purposes of this section, "reasonable assurance" includes, but is not limited to, an offer of employment or assignment made by the educational institution, provided that the offer or assignment is not contingent on enrollment, funding, or program changes. An individual who has been notified that he or she will be replaced and does not have an offer of employment or assignment to perform services for an educational institution is not considered to have reasonable assurance.
(h) For purposes of this section, if the time for service performed during the period of and pursuant to any contract for any academic year or term by an individual for any employing unit as specified in subdivision (b) or (c) constitutes one-half or more of the time in total service performed for the employing unit by the individual during that same period for remuneration, all the services of the individual for the employing unit for that period shall be deemed subject to the benefit payment restriction provisions of this section.
(i) Any entity as defined by Section 605, with respect to any individual performing a service in any other capacity other than specified in subdivision (b) for an educational institution, shall provide a written statement indicating the following to the individual no later than 30 days before the end of the first of the academic years or terms:
(1) Whether or not there is a reasonable assurance of reemployment.
(2) Whether or not it is stated that the individual has no reasonable assurance of reemployment, that the individual should file a claim for benefits at the close of the academic year or term.
(3) If it is stated that the individual has reasonable assurance of reemployment, the written statement shall also inform the employee that he or she may file a claim for benefits and that the determination for eligibility for benefits is made by the Employment Development Department and not by the employer.
(4) If it is stated that the individual has reasonable assurance of reemployment, that the individual shall be entitled to a retroactive payment of benefits if the individual is not offered an opportunity to perform the services for the educational institution for the second of the academic years or terms, if the individual is otherwise eligible and he or she filed a claim for each week benefits are claimed, and if a claim for retroactive benefits is made no later than 30 days following the commencement of the second academic year or term.
(b) Benefits specified by subdivision (a) based on service performed in the employ of a nonprofit organization, or of any entity as defined by Section 605, with respect to service in an instructional, research, or principal administrative capacity for an educational institution are not payable to any individual with respect to any week which begins during the period between two successive academic years or terms or, when an agreement provides instead for a similar period between two regular but not successive terms, during that period, or during a period of paid sabbatical leave provided for in the individual's contract, if the individual performs services in the first of the academic years or terms and if there is a contract or a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform services for any educational institution in the second of the academic years or terms.
(c) Benefits specified by subdivision (a) based on service performed in the employ of a nonprofit organization, or of any entity as defined by Section 605, with respect to service in any other capacity than specified in subdivision (b) for an educational institution shall not be payable to any individual with respect to any week which commences during a period between two successive academic years or terms if the individual performs the service in the first of the academic years or terms and there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the service in the second of the academic years or terms. However, if the individual was not offered an opportunity to perform the services for an educational institution for the second of the academic years or terms, the individual shall be entitled to a retroactive payment of benefits for each week for which the individual filed a timely claim for benefits and for which benefits were denied solely by reason of this subdivision. Retroactive benefits shall be claimed in accordance with the department's procedures which shall specify that except where the individual was entitled to benefits based on services performed for other than an educational institution, an individual who has a reasonable assurance of reemployment may satisfy the search for work requirement of subdivision (e) of Section 1253, by registering for work pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 1253 during the period between the first and second academic terms or years. A claim for retroactive benefits may be made no later than 30 days following the commencement of the second academic year or term.
(d) Benefits specified by subdivision (a) based on service performed in the employ of a nonprofit organization, or of any entity as defined by Section 605, with respect to services specified by subdivision (b) or (c), are not payable to any individual with respect to any week that commences during an established and customary vacation period or holiday recess if the individual performs the services in the period immediately before the vacation period or holiday recess, and there is a reasonable assurance that the individual will perform the services in the period immediately following the vacation period or holiday recess.
(e) With respect to any services specified by subdivision (b) or (c), compensation payable on the basis of services in that capacity may be denied as specified in subdivision (b), (c), or (d) to any individual who performed the services in an educational institution while in the employ of an educational service agency, and for this purpose the term "educational service agency" means a governmental agency or governmental entity that is established and operated exclusively for the purpose of providing the services to one or more educational institutions.
(f) Benefits specified by subdivision (a) based on service performed in the employ of a nonprofit organization, or of any entity as defined by Section 605, are not payable during the periods of time, and subject to the same conditions, contained in subdivisions (b), (c), (d), and (h), if the services are provided to, or on behalf of, an educational institution.
(g) For purposes of this section, "reasonable assurance" includes, but is not limited to, an offer of employment or assignment made by the educational institution, provided that the offer or assignment is not contingent on enrollment, funding, or program changes. An individual who has been notified that he or she will be replaced and does not have an offer of employment or assignment to perform services for an educational institution is not considered to have reasonable assurance.
(h) For purposes of this section, if the time for service performed during the period of and pursuant to any contract for any academic year or term by an individual for any employing unit as specified in subdivision (b) or (c) constitutes one-half or more of the time in total service performed for the employing unit by the individual during that same period for remuneration, all the services of the individual for the employing unit for that period shall be deemed subject to the benefit payment restriction provisions of this section.
(i) Any entity as defined by Section 605, with respect to any individual performing a service in any other capacity other than specified in subdivision (b) for an educational institution, shall provide a written statement indicating the following to the individual no later than 30 days before the end of the first of the academic years or terms:
(1) Whether or not there is a reasonable assurance of reemployment.
(2) Whether or not it is stated that the individual has no reasonable assurance of reemployment, that the individual should file a claim for benefits at the close of the academic year or term.
(3) If it is stated that the individual has reasonable assurance of reemployment, the written statement shall also inform the employee that he or she may file a claim for benefits and that the determination for eligibility for benefits is made by the Employment Development Department and not by the employer.
(4) If it is stated that the individual has reasonable assurance of reemployment, that the individual shall be entitled to a retroactive payment of benefits if the individual is not offered an opportunity to perform the services for the educational institution for the second of the academic years or terms, if the individual is otherwise eligible and he or she filed a claim for each week benefits are claimed, and if a claim for retroactive benefits is made no later than 30 days following the commencement of the second academic year or term.
Unemployment compensation benefits, extended duration
benefits, and federal-state extended benefits shall not be payable to
any individual on the basis of any services, substantially all of
which consist of participating in sports or athletic events or
training or preparing to so participate, for any week which commences
during the period between two successive sport seasons, or similar
periods, if such individual performed such services in the first of
such seasons, or similar periods, and there is a reasonable assurance
that such individual will perform such services in the later of such
seasons, or similar periods.
Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (c) of
Section 1253, if an individual is, in all other respects, eligible
for benefits under this part, and such individual becomes unable to
work due to a physical or mental illness or injury for one or more
days during such week, he shall be paid unemployment compensation
benefits at the rate of one-seventh the weekly benefit amount payable
for that week for each day which he is available for work and able
to work. The amount of benefits payable, if not a multiple of one
dollar ($1), shall be computed to the next higher multiple of one
dollar ($1). The individual shall not be entitled to unemployment
compensation benefits for any day during such week which he is unable
to work due to such physical or mental illness or injury.
For purposes of subdivision (c) of Section 1253, an
unemployed individual who is in all respects otherwise eligible for
unemployment compensation benefits, shall not be deemed to be not
able to, or unavailable for, work for any week in which such person
is not able to, or available for, work solely because such person is
serving on a grand or petit jury, or is responding to a subpoena.
For the purposes of subdivision (e) of Section 1253, an
individual shall not be disqualified for any week solely because of
either of the following:
(a) The individual is before any court of the United States or any state pursuant to a lawfully issued summons to appear for jury duty.
(b) The individual is hospitalized for treatment of an emergency or life-threatening condition.
(a) The individual is before any court of the United States or any state pursuant to a lawfully issued summons to appear for jury duty.
(b) The individual is hospitalized for treatment of an emergency or life-threatening condition.
An unemployed individual shall not be disqualified for
eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits solely on the
basis that he or she is only available for part-time work. If an
individual restricts his or her availability to part-time work, he or
she may be considered to be able to work and available for work
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1253 if it is determined that
all of following conditions exist:
(a) The claim is based on the part-time employment.
(b) The claimant is actively seeking and is willing to accept work under essentially the same conditions as existed while the wage credits were accrued.
(c) The claimant imposes no other restrictions and is in a labor market in which a reasonable demand exists for the part-time services he or she offers.
(a) The claim is based on the part-time employment.
(b) The claimant is actively seeking and is willing to accept work under essentially the same conditions as existed while the wage credits were accrued.
(c) The claimant imposes no other restrictions and is in a labor market in which a reasonable demand exists for the part-time services he or she offers.
An unemployed individual may not be disqualified for
unemployment compensation benefits solely on the basis that he or she
is a student. An unemployed individual may be considered to be able
and available for work pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 1253,
if the school attendance does not eliminate a substantial portion of
the individual's full-time labor market availability. If an
unemployed individual restricts his or her availability to part-time
work due to school attendance, he or she may be considered to be able
to work and available for work if he or she meets the criteria set
forth in Section 1253.8.
(a) An unemployed individual who meets all of the
requirements under this division, including Section 1253.9, and
certifies for continued unemployment compensation benefits shall not
be scheduled for a determination of eligibility for a week in which
the individual commenced or is participating in a training or
education program and has notified the department of the training or
education program.
(b) If the department determines that the commencement of, or the ongoing participation in, a training or education program conflicts with the eligibility requirements for unemployment compensation under this division, the department may schedule and conduct a determination of eligibility.
(b) If the department determines that the commencement of, or the ongoing participation in, a training or education program conflicts with the eligibility requirements for unemployment compensation under this division, the department may schedule and conduct a determination of eligibility.
No week shall be counted as a week of unemployment under
subdivision (d) of Section 1253:
(a) Unless it occurs within the benefit year which includes the week with respect to which he claims payment of unemployment compensation benefits, but this requirement shall not interrupt the payment of such benefits for consecutive weeks of unemployment. The week immediately preceding a benefit year, if part of one uninterrupted period of unemployment which continues into that benefit year shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section only, to be within such benefit year as well as within the preceding benefit year.
(b) If unemployment compensation benefits have been paid with respect to that week.
(c) Unless the individual was eligible for unemployment compensation benefits with respect thereto in all respects, except for the requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 1253 and Section 1281.
(a) Unless it occurs within the benefit year which includes the week with respect to which he claims payment of unemployment compensation benefits, but this requirement shall not interrupt the payment of such benefits for consecutive weeks of unemployment. The week immediately preceding a benefit year, if part of one uninterrupted period of unemployment which continues into that benefit year shall be deemed, for the purposes of this section only, to be within such benefit year as well as within the preceding benefit year.
(b) If unemployment compensation benefits have been paid with respect to that week.
(c) Unless the individual was eligible for unemployment compensation benefits with respect thereto in all respects, except for the requirements of subdivision (d) of Section 1253 and Section 1281.
An individual is not eligible for unemployment compensation
benefits on account of unemployment for any week or part of any week
with respect to which he has received or is seeking unemployment
benefits under an unemployment compensation law of any other state or
of the United States. If the appropriate agency of the other state
or of the United States finally determines that he is not entitled to
unemployment compensation benefits, this section shall not apply.
(a) Except as provided by subdivisions (c) and (d), the
amount of unemployment compensation benefits, extended duration
benefits, and federal-state extended benefits payable to an
individual for any week which begins after March 31, 1980, and which
begins in a period with respect to which that individual is receiving
a governmental or other pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity,
or any other similar periodic payment which is based on the previous
work of the individual shall be reduced, but not below zero, by an
amount equal to the amount of the pension, retirement or retired pay,
annuity, or other payment, which is reasonably attributable to that
week.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall be operative only during such time as Section 3304 of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act requires that state unemployment insurance laws contain those provisions as a condition of certification of state unemployment insurance laws by the Secretary of Labor.
(c) Subdivision (a) shall apply to any pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other similar periodic payment only if both of the following are met:
(1) The pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or similar payment is under a plan maintained (or contributed to) by a base period or chargeable employer.
(2) In the case of such a payment not made under the federal Social Security Act or the federal Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (or the corresponding provisions of prior law), services performed for the employer by the individual after the beginning of the base period (or remuneration for such services) affect eligibility for, or increase the amount of, such pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or similar periodic payment.
(d) (1) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to any pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity or other similar periodic payment if the individual has made any contribution to the pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other similar periodic payment.
(2) The amendments made to this subdivision during the 1986 portion of the 1985-86 Regular Session shall apply to new claims filed with an effective date beginning on or after January 1, 1987.
(e) The amendments made to subdivision (c) of this section during the 1985 portion of the 1985-86 Regular Session shall apply retroactively to all unemployment compensation benefits, extended duration benefits, and federal-state extended benefits, payable to an individual for any week which begins after November 1, 1980.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall be operative only during such time as Section 3304 of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act requires that state unemployment insurance laws contain those provisions as a condition of certification of state unemployment insurance laws by the Secretary of Labor.
(c) Subdivision (a) shall apply to any pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other similar periodic payment only if both of the following are met:
(1) The pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or similar payment is under a plan maintained (or contributed to) by a base period or chargeable employer.
(2) In the case of such a payment not made under the federal Social Security Act or the federal Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (or the corresponding provisions of prior law), services performed for the employer by the individual after the beginning of the base period (or remuneration for such services) affect eligibility for, or increase the amount of, such pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or similar periodic payment.
(d) (1) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to any pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity or other similar periodic payment if the individual has made any contribution to the pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other similar periodic payment.
(2) The amendments made to this subdivision during the 1986 portion of the 1985-86 Regular Session shall apply to new claims filed with an effective date beginning on or after January 1, 1987.
(e) The amendments made to subdivision (c) of this section during the 1985 portion of the 1985-86 Regular Session shall apply retroactively to all unemployment compensation benefits, extended duration benefits, and federal-state extended benefits, payable to an individual for any week which begins after November 1, 1980.
(a) An individual is not eligible for unemployment
compensation benefits or extended duration benefits for the same day
or days of unemployment for which he is allowed by the Workmen's
Compensation Appeals Board, or for which he receives, benefits in the
form of cash payments for temporary total disability indemnity,
under a workmen's compensation law, or employer's liability law of
this state, or of any other state, or of the federal government,
except that if such cash payments are less than the amount he would
otherwise receive as unemployment compensation benefits or extended
duration benefits under this division, he shall be entitled to
receive for such day or days, if otherwise eligible, unemployment
compensation benefits or extended duration benefits reduced by the
amount of such cash payments.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, an individual who is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits or extended duration benefits under subdivision (a) of this section for one or more days of a week of unemployment and who is eligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits or extended duration benefits for the other days of that week is, with respect to that week, entitled to an amount of unemployment compensation benefits or extended duration benefits computed by reducing his weekly benefit amount by the amount of temporary total disability indemnity received for that week.
(c) The amount determined under subdivision (a) or (b), if not a multiple of one dollar ($1), shall be computed to the next higher multiple of one dollar ($1).
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, an individual who is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits or extended duration benefits under subdivision (a) of this section for one or more days of a week of unemployment and who is eligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits or extended duration benefits for the other days of that week is, with respect to that week, entitled to an amount of unemployment compensation benefits or extended duration benefits computed by reducing his weekly benefit amount by the amount of temporary total disability indemnity received for that week.
(c) The amount determined under subdivision (a) or (b), if not a multiple of one dollar ($1), shall be computed to the next higher multiple of one dollar ($1).
(a) The Department of Child Support Services shall notify
the director whether an individual filing a claim for unemployment
compensation after October 1, 1982, owes support obligations as
defined under subdivision (h), and notify the department of any
changes in the status of these individuals to ensure that the
department has a current record.
(b) The department shall maintain and keep current a record of individuals who owe support obligations and who may have claims for unemployment compensation benefits.
(c) The department shall deduct and withhold support obligations as defined under subdivision (h) from any unemployment compensation payable to an individual who owes these obligations.
(d) Any amount deducted and withheld under subdivision (c) shall be paid by the department to the appropriate county or to the Department of Child Support Services as the assigned payee, as stipulated by mutual agreement, in the interagency agreement between the department and the Department of Child Support Services.
(e) Any amount deducted and withheld under subdivision (c) shall for all purposes be treated as if it were paid to the individual as unemployment compensation and paid by the individual to the Department of Child Support Services.
(f) For purposes of subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, "unemployment compensation" means any compensation payable under this division, except Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601), but including amounts payable by the department pursuant to an agreement under any federal unemployment compensation law.
(g) This section applies only if appropriate arrangements have been made for reimbursement by the Department of Child Support Services for the administrative costs incurred by the Employment Development Department.
(h) For purposes of this section, "support obligations" means the child and related spousal support obligations which are being enforced pursuant to a plan described in Section 454 of the Social Security Act and as that section may hereafter be amended. However, to the extent "related spousal support obligations" may not be collected from unemployment compensation under federal law, those obligations shall not be included in the definition of support obligations under this section.
(b) The department shall maintain and keep current a record of individuals who owe support obligations and who may have claims for unemployment compensation benefits.
(c) The department shall deduct and withhold support obligations as defined under subdivision (h) from any unemployment compensation payable to an individual who owes these obligations.
(d) Any amount deducted and withheld under subdivision (c) shall be paid by the department to the appropriate county or to the Department of Child Support Services as the assigned payee, as stipulated by mutual agreement, in the interagency agreement between the department and the Department of Child Support Services.
(e) Any amount deducted and withheld under subdivision (c) shall for all purposes be treated as if it were paid to the individual as unemployment compensation and paid by the individual to the Department of Child Support Services.
(f) For purposes of subdivisions (a) to (e), inclusive, "unemployment compensation" means any compensation payable under this division, except Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601), but including amounts payable by the department pursuant to an agreement under any federal unemployment compensation law.
(g) This section applies only if appropriate arrangements have been made for reimbursement by the Department of Child Support Services for the administrative costs incurred by the Employment Development Department.
(h) For purposes of this section, "support obligations" means the child and related spousal support obligations which are being enforced pursuant to a plan described in Section 454 of the Social Security Act and as that section may hereafter be amended. However, to the extent "related spousal support obligations" may not be collected from unemployment compensation under federal law, those obligations shall not be included in the definition of support obligations under this section.
An individual is disqualified for unemployment compensation
benefits if the director finds that he or she left his or her most
recent work voluntarily without good cause or that he or she has been
discharged for misconduct connected with his or her most recent
work.
An individual is presumed to have been discharged for reasons
other than misconduct in connection with his or her work and not to
have voluntarily left his or her work without good cause unless his
or her employer has given written notice to the contrary to the
department as provided in Section 1327, setting forth facts
sufficient to overcome the presumption. The presumption provided by
this section is rebuttable.
An individual whose employment is terminated under the compulsory
retirement provisions of a collective bargaining agreement to which
the employer is a party, shall not be deemed to have left his or her
work without good cause.
An individual may be deemed to have left his or her most recent
work with good cause if he or she leaves employment to accompany his
or her spouse or domestic partner to a place or to join him or her at
a place from which it is impractical to commute to the employment.
For purposes of this section "spouse" includes a person to whom
marriage is imminent, and "domestic partner" includes a person to
whom a domestic partnership, as described in Section 297 of the
Family Code, is imminent.
An individual may be deemed to have left his or her most recent
work with good cause if he or she leaves employment to protect his or
her family, or himself or herself, from domestic violence abuse.
An individual shall be deemed to have left his or her most recent
work with good cause if he or she elects to be laid off in place of
an employee with less seniority pursuant to a provision in a
collective bargaining agreement that provides that an employee with
more seniority may elect to be laid off in place of an employee with
less seniority when the employer has decided to lay off employees.
(a) If the employment of an individual is terminated due to
his absence from work for a period in excess of 24 hours because of
his incarceration and he is convicted of the offense for which he was
incarcerated or of any lesser included offense, he shall be deemed
to have left his work voluntarily without good cause for the purposes
of Section 1256. A plea or verdict of guilty, or a conviction
following a plea of nolo contendere, is deemed to be a conviction
within the meaning of this section irrespective of whether an order
granting probation or other order is made suspending the imposition
of the sentence or whether sentence is imposed but execution thereof
is suspended.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any determination made prior to a conviction or other final disposition of the criminal complaint or accusation by the court as to whether an individual who is terminated due to his absence from work because of incarceration voluntarily leaves without good cause may, if no appeal has been taken from the determination, for good cause be reconsidered by the department during the benefit year or extended duration period to which the determination relates. Notice of any reconsidered determination shall be given to the claimant and any employer or employing unit which received notice under Section 1328 or 1331, and the claimant or employer may appeal therefrom in the manner prescribed in Section 1328.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any determination made prior to a conviction or other final disposition of the criminal complaint or accusation by the court as to whether an individual who is terminated due to his absence from work because of incarceration voluntarily leaves without good cause may, if no appeal has been taken from the determination, for good cause be reconsidered by the department during the benefit year or extended duration period to which the determination relates. Notice of any reconsidered determination shall be given to the claimant and any employer or employing unit which received notice under Section 1328 or 1331, and the claimant or employer may appeal therefrom in the manner prescribed in Section 1328.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), an
individual who terminates his or her employment shall not be deemed
to have left his or her most recent work without good cause if his or
her employer deprived the individual of equal employment
opportunities on any basis listed in subdivision (a) of Section 12940
of the Government Code, as those bases are defined in Sections 12926
and 12926.1 of the Government Code.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to the following:
(1) A deprivation of equal employment opportunities that is based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or applicable security regulations established by the United States or this state, specifically, as provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code.
(2) An individual who fails to make reasonable efforts to provide the employer with an opportunity to remove any unintentional deprivation of the individual's equal employment opportunities.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to the following:
(1) A deprivation of equal employment opportunities that is based upon a bona fide occupational qualification or applicable security regulations established by the United States or this state, specifically, as provided in Section 12940 of the Government Code.
(2) An individual who fails to make reasonable efforts to provide the employer with an opportunity to remove any unintentional deprivation of the individual's equal employment opportunities.
For the purposes of Sections 1256, 1256.1, 1256.2, 1256.4,
and 1256.5, "most recent work" is that work in which a claimant last
performed compensated services:
(a) Prior to and nearest the date of filing a valid new, reopened, or additional claim for unemployment compensation benefits, a valid primary, reopened, or additional claim for extended duration benefits, or a valid application, or reopened or additional claim for federal-state extended benefits.
(b) During the calendar week for which a continued claim is filed.
(a) Prior to and nearest the date of filing a valid new, reopened, or additional claim for unemployment compensation benefits, a valid primary, reopened, or additional claim for extended duration benefits, or a valid application, or reopened or additional claim for federal-state extended benefits.
(b) During the calendar week for which a continued claim is filed.
(a) An individual is disqualified for unemployment
compensation benefits if either of the following occur:
(1) The director finds that he or she was discharged from his or her most recent work for chronic absenteeism due to intoxication or reporting to work while intoxicated or using intoxicants on the job, or gross neglect of duty while intoxicated, when any of these incidents is caused by an irresistible compulsion to use or consume intoxicants, including alcoholic beverages.
(2) He or she otherwise left his or her most recent employment for reasons caused by an irresistible compulsion to use or consume intoxicants, including alcoholic beverages.
(b) An individual disqualified under this section, under a determination transmitted to him or her by the department, is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits under this part for the week in which the separation occurs, and continuing until he or she has performed service in bona fide employment for which remuneration is received equal to or in excess of five times his or her weekly benefit amount, or until a physician or authorized treatment program administrator certifies that the individual has entered into and is continuing in, or has completed, a treatment program for his or her condition and is able to return to employment.
(c) The department shall advise each individual disqualified under this section of the benefits available under Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601), and, if assistance in locating an appropriate treatment program is requested, refer the individual to the appropriate county drug or alcohol program administrator.
(1) The director finds that he or she was discharged from his or her most recent work for chronic absenteeism due to intoxication or reporting to work while intoxicated or using intoxicants on the job, or gross neglect of duty while intoxicated, when any of these incidents is caused by an irresistible compulsion to use or consume intoxicants, including alcoholic beverages.
(2) He or she otherwise left his or her most recent employment for reasons caused by an irresistible compulsion to use or consume intoxicants, including alcoholic beverages.
(b) An individual disqualified under this section, under a determination transmitted to him or her by the department, is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits under this part for the week in which the separation occurs, and continuing until he or she has performed service in bona fide employment for which remuneration is received equal to or in excess of five times his or her weekly benefit amount, or until a physician or authorized treatment program administrator certifies that the individual has entered into and is continuing in, or has completed, a treatment program for his or her condition and is able to return to employment.
(c) The department shall advise each individual disqualified under this section of the benefits available under Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601), and, if assistance in locating an appropriate treatment program is requested, refer the individual to the appropriate county drug or alcohol program administrator.
(a) An individual shall be deemed to have left his or her
most recent work with good cause if the director finds that he or she
leaves employment because of sexual harassment if the individual has
taken reasonable steps to preserve the working relationship. No
steps shall be required if the director finds it would have been
futile. For purposes of this subdivision, unwelcome sexual advances,
requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, visual, or physical
conduct of a sexual nature constitutes sexual harassment when any of
the following occur:
(1) Submission to the conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment.
(2) Submission to or rejection of the conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting the individual.
(3) The conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
(b) Findings of fact and law by the director shall not collaterally estop adjudication of the issue of sexual harassment in another forum.
(1) Submission to the conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's employment.
(2) Submission to or rejection of the conduct by an individual is used as the basis for employment decisions affecting the individual.
(3) The conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
(b) Findings of fact and law by the director shall not collaterally estop adjudication of the issue of sexual harassment in another forum.
An individual is also disqualified for unemployment
compensation benefits if:
(a) He or she willfully, for the purpose of obtaining unemployment compensation benefits, either made a false statement or representation, including, but not limited to, using a false name, false social security number, or other false identification, with actual knowledge of the falsity thereof, or withheld a material fact in order to obtain any unemployment compensation benefits under this division.
(b) He or she, without good cause, refused to accept suitable employment when offered to him or her, or failed to apply for suitable employment when notified by a public employment office.
(a) He or she willfully, for the purpose of obtaining unemployment compensation benefits, either made a false statement or representation, including, but not limited to, using a false name, false social security number, or other false identification, with actual knowledge of the falsity thereof, or withheld a material fact in order to obtain any unemployment compensation benefits under this division.
(b) He or she, without good cause, refused to accept suitable employment when offered to him or her, or failed to apply for suitable employment when notified by a public employment office.
"Suitable employment" means work in the individual's usual
occupation or for which he is reasonably fitted, regardless of
whether or not it is subject to this division.
In determining whether the work is work for which the individual
is reasonably fitted, the director shall consider the degree of risk
involved to the individual's health, safety, and morals, his physical
fitness and prior training, his experience and prior earnings, his
length of unemployment and prospects for securing local work in his
customary occupation, and the distance of the available work from his
residence, and such other factors as would influence a reasonably
prudent person in the individual's circumstances.
"Suitable employment" does not include employment with an
employer who does not:
(a) Possess an appropriate state license to engage in his business, trade, or profession; or
(b) Withhold or hold in trust the employee contributions required by Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601) of this division for unemployment compensation disability benefits and does not transmit all such employee contributions to the department for the Disability Fund as required by Section 986; or
(c) Carry either workers' compensation insurance or possess a certificate of self-insurance as required by Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code.
(a) Possess an appropriate state license to engage in his business, trade, or profession; or
(b) Withhold or hold in trust the employee contributions required by Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601) of this division for unemployment compensation disability benefits and does not transmit all such employee contributions to the department for the Disability Fund as required by Section 986; or
(c) Carry either workers' compensation insurance or possess a certificate of self-insurance as required by Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division, no
work or employment shall be deemed suitable and benefits shall not be
denied to any otherwise eligible and qualified individual for
refusing new work under any of the following conditions:
(a) If the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute.
(b) If the wages, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing for similar work in the locality.
(c) If, as a condition of being employed, the individual would be required to join a company union or to resign from or refrain from joining any bona fide labor organization.
(d) If the offer of employment is from an employer who does not possess an appropriate state license to engage in his business, trade, or profession if required by state law.
(e) If the offer of employment is from an employer who does not carry either workmen's compensation insurance or possess a certificate of self-insurance as required by Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code.
(f) If the offer of employment is from an employer who does not withhold or hold in trust the employee contributions required by Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601) of this division for unemployment compensation disability benefits and does not transmit all such employee contributions to the department for the Disability Fund as required by Section 986.
(a) If the position offered is vacant due directly to a strike, lockout, or other labor dispute.
(b) If the wages, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing for similar work in the locality.
(c) If, as a condition of being employed, the individual would be required to join a company union or to resign from or refrain from joining any bona fide labor organization.
(d) If the offer of employment is from an employer who does not possess an appropriate state license to engage in his business, trade, or profession if required by state law.
(e) If the offer of employment is from an employer who does not carry either workmen's compensation insurance or possess a certificate of self-insurance as required by Division 4 (commencing with Section 3201) of the Labor Code.
(f) If the offer of employment is from an employer who does not withhold or hold in trust the employee contributions required by Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601) of this division for unemployment compensation disability benefits and does not transmit all such employee contributions to the department for the Disability Fund as required by Section 986.
(a) An individual disqualified under Section 1256, under a
determination transmitted to him or her by the department, is
ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits for the week
in which the act that causes his or her disqualification occurs and
continuing until he or she has, subsequent to the act that causes
disqualification and his or her registration for work, performed
service in bona fide employment for which remuneration is received
equal to or in excess of five times his or her weekly benefit amount.
(b) An individual disqualified under subdivision (b) of Section 1257, under a determination transmitted to him or her by the department, is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits for not less than 2 nor more than 10 consecutive weeks beginning with:
(1) The week in which the cause of his or her disqualification occurs, if he or she registers for work in that week.
(2) The week subsequent to the occurrence of the cause of his or her disqualification in which he or she first registers for work, if he or she does not register for work in the week in which the cause of his or her disqualification occurs.
(c) An individual disqualified under subdivision (a) of Section 1257, under a determination transmitted to him or her by the department, and who was not paid any benefit amount as a result of his or her false statement or representation, is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits for two weeks commencing with the week in which the determination is mailed to or personally served upon him or her, or any subsequent week, for which he or she is first otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation benefits and for not more than 13 subsequent weeks for which he or she is otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. No disqualification under this subdivision shall be applied to any week if all or any portion of the week is beyond the three-year period next succeeding the date of the mailing or personal service of the determination. This subdivision shall not apply to an individual convicted under Section 2101.
(d) An individual disqualified under subdivision (a) of Section 1257, under a determination transmitted to him or her by the department, and who was paid any benefit amount as a result of his or her false statement or representation, is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits for five weeks commencing with the week in which the determination is mailed to or personally served upon him or her, or any subsequent week, for which he or she is first otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation benefits and for not more than 10 subsequent weeks for which he or she is otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. No disqualification under this subdivision shall be applied to any week if all or any portion of the week is beyond the three-year period next succeeding the date of the mailing or personal service of the determination. This subdivision shall not apply to an individual convicted under Section 2101.
(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) or (d), an individual who is subject to a disqualification that is imposed under subdivision (b) of Section 1257 may, if he or she is otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation benefits, concurrently serve a disqualification imposed under subdivision (a) of Section 1257.
(b) An individual disqualified under subdivision (b) of Section 1257, under a determination transmitted to him or her by the department, is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits for not less than 2 nor more than 10 consecutive weeks beginning with:
(1) The week in which the cause of his or her disqualification occurs, if he or she registers for work in that week.
(2) The week subsequent to the occurrence of the cause of his or her disqualification in which he or she first registers for work, if he or she does not register for work in the week in which the cause of his or her disqualification occurs.
(c) An individual disqualified under subdivision (a) of Section 1257, under a determination transmitted to him or her by the department, and who was not paid any benefit amount as a result of his or her false statement or representation, is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits for two weeks commencing with the week in which the determination is mailed to or personally served upon him or her, or any subsequent week, for which he or she is first otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation benefits and for not more than 13 subsequent weeks for which he or she is otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. No disqualification under this subdivision shall be applied to any week if all or any portion of the week is beyond the three-year period next succeeding the date of the mailing or personal service of the determination. This subdivision shall not apply to an individual convicted under Section 2101.
(d) An individual disqualified under subdivision (a) of Section 1257, under a determination transmitted to him or her by the department, and who was paid any benefit amount as a result of his or her false statement or representation, is ineligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits for five weeks commencing with the week in which the determination is mailed to or personally served upon him or her, or any subsequent week, for which he or she is first otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation benefits and for not more than 10 subsequent weeks for which he or she is otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation benefits. No disqualification under this subdivision shall be applied to any week if all or any portion of the week is beyond the three-year period next succeeding the date of the mailing or personal service of the determination. This subdivision shall not apply to an individual convicted under Section 2101.
(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) or (d), an individual who is subject to a disqualification that is imposed under subdivision (b) of Section 1257 may, if he or she is otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation benefits, concurrently serve a disqualification imposed under subdivision (a) of Section 1257.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this division,
benefits shall not be denied to any individual by reason of
cancellation of wage credits or total reduction of his benefit rights
for any cause other than discharge for misconduct connected with his
work, fraud in connection with a claim for benefits, or receipt of
disqualifying income. This section shall not be construed to
authorize cancellation of wage credits or total reduction of benefit
rights for any cause whatsoever, nor shall it limit or affect any
other section that provides for cancellation of wage credits or total
reduction of benefit rights for any cause permitted under this
section.
When successive disqualifications under Section 1257 occur,
the director may extend the period of ineligibility provided for in
Section 1260 for an additional period not to exceed eight additional
weeks.
An individual is not eligible for unemployment compensation
benefits, and these benefits shall not be payable to him or her, if
the individual left his or her work because of a trade dispute. The
individual shall remain ineligible for the period during which he or
she continues out of work by reason of the fact that the trade
dispute is still in active progress in the establishment in which he
or she was employed.
Whenever the department learns that a trade dispute is in
progress, the department shall promptly conduct an investigation and
make investigation findings as to the nature, location, labor
organizations and employers involved, and other relevant facts
concerning the trade dispute as it deems necessary. The department
shall provide its findings to its field offices in locations affected
by the trade dispute, and shall, upon request, make its findings
available to any employer, employers' association or labor
organization involved in the trade dispute. The department's
investigation findings shall be based upon the information then
available to it and shall not be a determination as to the
eligibility of any claimant for benefits under Section 1262.
(a) Any individual convicted under Section 2101 by any court
of competent jurisdiction of willfully making a false statement or
knowingly failing to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase
any benefit or payment under this division shall forfeit any rights
to benefits for the week in which the criminal complaint was filed
and for the 51 consecutive calendar weeks which immediately follow
that week, irrespective of a subsequent order under the provisions of
Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code allowing the individual to withdraw
his or her plea of guilty and to enter a plea of not guilty, or
setting aside the verdict of guilty or dismissing the criminal
complaint, but a forfeiture of benefits under this subdivision shall
extend no later than the effective date of any order under Section
1203.4 of the Penal Code, and, if the period of forfeiture has not
previously expired, the forfeiture of benefits under this subdivision
shall terminate as of the effective date of any such order.
(b) Any individual convicted under Section 2101 by any court of competent jurisdiction of willfully making a false statement or knowingly failing to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase any benefit or payment under this part, Part 3 (commencing with Section 3501), or Part 4 (commencing with Section 4001) shall, irrespective of a subsequent order under the provisions of Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code allowing the individual to withdraw his or her plea of guilty and to enter a plea of not guilty, or setting aside the verdict of guilty or dismissing the criminal complaint, be ineligible to receive unemployment compensation or extended duration benefits or federal-state extended benefits for the week in which the criminal complaint was filed, or any subsequent week, for which he or she is first otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation or extended duration benefits or federal-state extended benefits and for 14 subsequent weeks for which he or she is otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation or extended duration benefits or federal-state extended benefits. No disqualification under this subdivision shall be applied to any week if all or any portion of the week is beyond the three-year period next succeeding the date of the filing of the criminal complaint.
(c) The department shall, effective upon the date of the filing of a criminal complaint against an individual prosecuted under Section 2101, suspend the payment of benefits to the individual.
(d) A plea or verdict of guilty, or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere, is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this section irrespective of whether an order granting probation or other order is made suspending the imposition of the sentence or whether sentence is imposed but execution thereof is suspended.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an individual may during a period of forfeiture under subdivision (a) of this section meet the conditions to remove any disqualification that is imposed under Sections 1260 or 1261, or subdivision (b) of this section, but no week during the period of forfeiture shall be used to offset the amount of any overpayment.
(b) Any individual convicted under Section 2101 by any court of competent jurisdiction of willfully making a false statement or knowingly failing to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase any benefit or payment under this part, Part 3 (commencing with Section 3501), or Part 4 (commencing with Section 4001) shall, irrespective of a subsequent order under the provisions of Section 1203.4 of the Penal Code allowing the individual to withdraw his or her plea of guilty and to enter a plea of not guilty, or setting aside the verdict of guilty or dismissing the criminal complaint, be ineligible to receive unemployment compensation or extended duration benefits or federal-state extended benefits for the week in which the criminal complaint was filed, or any subsequent week, for which he or she is first otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation or extended duration benefits or federal-state extended benefits and for 14 subsequent weeks for which he or she is otherwise in all respects eligible for unemployment compensation or extended duration benefits or federal-state extended benefits. No disqualification under this subdivision shall be applied to any week if all or any portion of the week is beyond the three-year period next succeeding the date of the filing of the criminal complaint.
(c) The department shall, effective upon the date of the filing of a criminal complaint against an individual prosecuted under Section 2101, suspend the payment of benefits to the individual.
(d) A plea or verdict of guilty, or a conviction following a plea of nolo contendere, is deemed to be a conviction within the meaning of this section irrespective of whether an order granting probation or other order is made suspending the imposition of the sentence or whether sentence is imposed but execution thereof is suspended.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an individual may during a period of forfeiture under subdivision (a) of this section meet the conditions to remove any disqualification that is imposed under Sections 1260 or 1261, or subdivision (b) of this section, but no week during the period of forfeiture shall be used to offset the amount of any overpayment.
(a) (1) Unemployment compensation benefits, extended duration
benefits, and federal-state extended benefits shall not be payable
on the basis of services performed by an alien unless the alien is an
individual who was lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the
time the services were performed, was lawfully present for purposes
of performing the services, or was permanently residing in the United
States under color of law at the time the services were performed,
including an alien who was lawfully present in the United States as a
result of the application of the provisions of Section 203(a)(7) or
Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), and only to the extent authorized by federal law, an alien who (A) is the subject of a notice of decision from the federal government granting deferred action under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program announced by the United States Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, and (B) performed the services while he or she was in receipt of a valid employment authorization from the federal government, is a person who was lawfully present for purposes of performing those services.
(b) Any data or information required of individuals applying for benefits specified by subdivision (a) to determine whether these benefits are not payable to them because of their alien status shall be uniformly required from all applicants for these benefits.
(c) In the case of an individual whose application for benefits specified by subdivision (a) would otherwise be approved, no determination by the department, an administrative law judge, or the appeals board that these benefits to the individual are not payable because of his or her alien status shall be made except upon a preponderance of the evidence.
(d) If an alien presents evidence that the Immigration and Naturalization Service has granted the alien employment authorization as a result of the alien's application for temporary residence status under the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-603), pending a final determination on this application the department shall not do either of the following:
(1) Commence or continue to pursue any administrative or judicial action to collect benefits where there has been a final determination that these benefits have been overpaid or chargeable to the alien, because of the alien's immigration status at the time he or she performed the services compensated by his or her base period wages.
(2) Determine that the alien was overpaid benefits in the current benefit year or in any prior benefit year, if the basis for the determination is the assumption that because the alien is an applicant for temporary resident status he or she was not, while performing the services compensated by base period wages, lawfully admitted for permanent residence, lawfully present for purposes of performing the services that were compensated by his or her base period wages, or permanently residing in the United States under color of law.
(e) If the Immigration and Naturalization Service grants the application and adjusts the alien's status to that of lawful temporary resident, the department shall not take any action described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) or make any determination described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d). If an alien is not in the status of being lawfully admitted for permanent residence, lawfully present for the purpose of performing the services compensated by his or her base period wages, or permanently residing in the United States under color of law, at the time the alien's lawful temporary permanent status terminates, then compensation shall not be payable on the basis of services performed by the alien after the termination.
(f) Nothing in subdivision (d) shall be construed to require the department to do any of the following:
(1) Repay any amounts collected under any present or past action as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d).
(2) Redetermine the eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits of any alien who the department originally determined to be ineligible because of the alien's status at the time he or she performed the services compensated by his or her base period wages and with respect to whom the determination has become final.
(3) Apply subdivision (d) or (e) retroactively.
(g) If the United States Secretary of Labor finds that subdivisions (d) and (e) are not in conformity with the federal Unemployment Tax Act, and effective as of the date that this finding becomes final, subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) shall be inoperative and of no legal force or effect.
(h) Unless subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) have earlier become inoperative and of no legal force or effect pursuant to a finding by the Secretary of Labor under subdivision (g), subdivisions (d), (e), (f), and (g) shall remain in effect only until September 30, 1990, and as of that date shall become inoperative, unless a later enacted statute which is chaptered before September 30, 1990, deletes or extends that date. Notwithstanding this subdivision, however, the department shall not take any action to collect benefits from an individual when the collection against that individual was suspended pursuant to subdivision (e) prior to September 30, 1990.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), and only to the extent authorized by federal law, an alien who (A) is the subject of a notice of decision from the federal government granting deferred action under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program announced by the United States Secretary of Homeland Security on June 15, 2012, and (B) performed the services while he or she was in receipt of a valid employment authorization from the federal government, is a person who was lawfully present for purposes of performing those services.
(b) Any data or information required of individuals applying for benefits specified by subdivision (a) to determine whether these benefits are not payable to them because of their alien status shall be uniformly required from all applicants for these benefits.
(c) In the case of an individual whose application for benefits specified by subdivision (a) would otherwise be approved, no determination by the department, an administrative law judge, or the appeals board that these benefits to the individual are not payable because of his or her alien status shall be made except upon a preponderance of the evidence.
(d) If an alien presents evidence that the Immigration and Naturalization Service has granted the alien employment authorization as a result of the alien's application for temporary residence status under the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-603), pending a final determination on this application the department shall not do either of the following:
(1) Commence or continue to pursue any administrative or judicial action to collect benefits where there has been a final determination that these benefits have been overpaid or chargeable to the alien, because of the alien's immigration status at the time he or she performed the services compensated by his or her base period wages.
(2) Determine that the alien was overpaid benefits in the current benefit year or in any prior benefit year, if the basis for the determination is the assumption that because the alien is an applicant for temporary resident status he or she was not, while performing the services compensated by base period wages, lawfully admitted for permanent residence, lawfully present for purposes of performing the services that were compensated by his or her base period wages, or permanently residing in the United States under color of law.
(e) If the Immigration and Naturalization Service grants the application and adjusts the alien's status to that of lawful temporary resident, the department shall not take any action described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) or make any determination described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d). If an alien is not in the status of being lawfully admitted for permanent residence, lawfully present for the purpose of performing the services compensated by his or her base period wages, or permanently residing in the United States under color of law, at the time the alien's lawful temporary permanent status terminates, then compensation shall not be payable on the basis of services performed by the alien after the termination.
(f) Nothing in subdivision (d) shall be construed to require the department to do any of the following:
(1) Repay any amounts collected under any present or past action as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d).
(2) Redetermine the eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits of any alien who the department originally determined to be ineligible because of the alien's status at the time he or she performed the services compensated by his or her base period wages and with respect to whom the determination has become final.
(3) Apply subdivision (d) or (e) retroactively.
(g) If the United States Secretary of Labor finds that subdivisions (d) and (e) are not in conformity with the federal Unemployment Tax Act, and effective as of the date that this finding becomes final, subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) shall be inoperative and of no legal force or effect.
(h) Unless subdivisions (d), (e), and (f) have earlier become inoperative and of no legal force or effect pursuant to a finding by the Secretary of Labor under subdivision (g), subdivisions (d), (e), (f), and (g) shall remain in effect only until September 30, 1990, and as of that date shall become inoperative, unless a later enacted statute which is chaptered before September 30, 1990, deletes or extends that date. Notwithstanding this subdivision, however, the department shall not take any action to collect benefits from an individual when the collection against that individual was suspended pursuant to subdivision (e) prior to September 30, 1990.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division,
payments to an individual under a plan or system established by an
employer which makes provisions for his employees generally, or for a
class or group of his employees, for the purpose of supplementing
unemployment compensation benefits shall not be construed to be wages
or compensation for personal services under this division and
benefits payable under this division shall not be denied or reduced
because of the receipt of payments under such arrangements or plans.
This amendment is hereby declared to be merely a clarification of
the original intention of the Legislature and is not a substantive
change, and is in conformity with the existing administrative
interpretation of the law.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division,
payments to an individual by an employer who has failed to provide
the advance notice of facility closure required by the federal Worker
Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act (29 U.S.C. Sec.
2101 et seq.) or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1400) of Part 4
of Division 2 of the Labor Code may not be construed to be wages or
compensation for personal services under this division.
(b) Benefits payable under this division may not be denied or reduced because of the receipt of payments related in any way to an employer's violation of the WARN Act or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1400) of Part 4 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.
(b) Benefits payable under this division may not be denied or reduced because of the receipt of payments related in any way to an employer's violation of the WARN Act or Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1400) of Part 4 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this division,
payments to an individual for vacation pay which was earned but not
paid for services performed prior to termination of employment shall
not be construed to be wages or compensation for personal services
under this division and benefits payable under this division shall
not be denied or reduced because of the receipt of these payments.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this division,
payments to an individual for holiday pay for any holiday occurring
in a week during which the individual was unemployed shall be deemed
wages received for the week in which the individual returns to work,
if holiday pay is not paid until the individual returns to work from
a definite period of layoff. Payments to an individual for holiday
pay for any holiday occurring in a week during which the individual
was unemployed shall be deemed wages received for the week in which
the holiday falls, if holiday pay is paid prior to the individual's
return to work from a definite period of layoff.
However, payments to an individual for holiday pay which was
earned but not paid prior to an indefinite layoff, or termination of
employment, or commencement of unemployment caused by disability, as
the case may be, shall not be construed to be wages or compensation
for personal services under this division and benefits payable under
this division shall not be denied or reduced because of the receipt
of these payments.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this division,
payments to an individual for sick pay which was earned but not paid
for services performed prior to termination of employment, shall not
be construed to be wages or compensation for personal services under
this division and benefits payable under this division shall not be
denied or reduced because of the receipt of such payments.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this division,
payments for severance pay or terminal pay to an individual who is
terminated from his or her employment as a direct result of the
expansion of a federal redwood park in northern California by reason
of legislation enacted by Congress in 1977 or 1978, shall not be
construed to be wages or compensation for personal services under
this division, and benefits payable under this division shall not be
denied or reduced because of the receipt of such payment.
