Section 3503 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1.
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. For the purposes of this part:
(a) "Extended duration benefits" means the extended unemployment
compensation benefits payable under this part.
(b) "Normal benefits" means the unemployment compensation benefits
payable under Part 1 (commencing with Section 100) of this division.
(c) "Exhaustee" means an individual who is not entitled to normal
benefits due to either of the following:
(1) He or she has an unexpired benefit year and has exhausted his
or her normal benefits.
(2) His or her most recent benefit year expired in the week in
which he or she filed a primary claim or in the immediately preceding
13 calendar weeks and he or she is not entitled to establish a
benefit year.
(d) "Insured unemployment rate" for a week means the percentage
arrived at by dividing:
(1) The average weekly number of individuals filing claims for
regular compensation for weeks of unemployment with respect to the
period consisting of the week and the immediately preceding 12 weeks,
by
(2) The average monthly covered employment for the same period.
The director shall interpret this definition in accordance with
regulations and guidelines prescribed by the United States Secretary
of Labor which are applicable to subdivision (e) of Section 203 of
the federal act.
(e) "Extended benefit period" means the period beginning with the
third week after the first week for which there is an "on" indicator,
and ending with the third week after the first week for which there
is an "off" indicator, except no extended benefit period shall last
for a period of less than 13 consecutive weeks and no extended
benefit period may begin before the 14th week after the close of a
prior extended benefit period. There is an "on" indicator for a week
if the insured unemployment rate equals or exceeds 6 percent. There
is an "off" indicator for a week if the insured unemployment rate is
less than 6 percent.
(f) "Primary claim" means the first claim for extended duration
benefits filed by an exhaustee with an effective date within an
extended benefit period for the purpose of establishing an extended
duration award and an extended duration period.
(g) "Extended duration award" means the maximum amount of extended
duration benefits allowable under this part to an eligible
exhaustee.
(h) "Extended duration period" means a period beginning with the
first day of the week with respect to which an exhaustee filed a
valid primary claim and ending with the last week which begins on or
before the last day of the fifth calendar month following the
calendar month which contains the extended duration week or a major
portion of the extended duration week in which the valid primary
claim was filed.
(i) "Parent benefit year" means the benefit year with respect to
which an individual becomes an exhaustee.
(j) "Federal act" means the "Federal-State Extended Unemployment
Compensation Act of 1970".