Section 4004 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Unemployment Insurance Code >> Division 1. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 1.
4004
. (a) The department shall establish, for each eligible
individual who files an application therefor, an extended
compensation account with respect to such individual's benefit year.
The amount established in that account, subject to subdivision (b) of
this section, shall be not less than whichever of the following is
the least:
(1) Fifty percent of the total amount of regular compensation
payable to him or her during that benefit year under this division.
(2) Thirteen times his or her average weekly benefit amount.
(3) Thirty-nine times his or her average weekly benefit amount,
reduced by the regular compensation paid to him or her during that
benefit year under this division.
(b) The amount determined under subdivision (a) of this section
shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of additional compensation
paid to the individual under Part 3 (commencing with Section 3501) of
this division for prior weeks of unemployment in such benefit year
which did not begin in an extended benefit period.
(c) For purposes of subdivision (a) of this section, an individual'
s weekly benefit amount for a week is the amount of regular
compensation under Part 1 (commencing with Section 100) of this
division payable to such individual for such week of total
unemployment.
(d) With respect to weeks beginning in a high unemployment period,
subdivision (a) shall be applied in accordance with the following
percentages:
(1) In paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), 80 percent shall be
substituted for 50 percent.
(2) In paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), 20 times shall be
substituted for 13 times.
(3) In paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), 46 times shall be
substituted for 39 times.
(e) For purposes of subdivision (d), "high unemployment period"
means a period during which an extended benefit period would be in
effect if subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of
Section 4003 were applied by substituting 8 percent for 6.5 percent.
(f) Where subdivision (h) of Section 4003 is applicable, for
purposes of subdivision (d), "high unemployment period" means a
period during which an extended benefit period would be in effect if
subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 4003
were applied by substituting 8 percent for 6.5 percent.