Title UIC, California Unemp. Ins. Code

The director shall prepare a biennial report to the Legislature, on or before February 1, 1994, and on or before February 1 of each even-numbered year thereafter, on the department’s automation plans, including any recommendation on improvements for the purpose of consideration b…

The report, required by Section 4901, shall be transmitted to the Legislative Analyst, the Assembly Committees on Insurance, Labor and Employment, and Budget, the Senate Committees on Industrial Relations and Budget and Fiscal Review, the Department of Finance, and the Governor, …

(a) Thirty days prior to the release of the report identified in Section 4901, the director shall submit it to the California Department of Technology, which shall review and comment on it. These comments shall be attached to the report by the director and distributed with the re…

Unemployment compensation disability benefits are payable from the Disability Fund to individuals who are eligible to receive such benefit payments under this part. (Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)

(a) An individual shall be deemed disabled on any day in which, because of his or her physical or mental condition, he or she is unable to perform his or her regular or customary work. (b) For purposes of this section, “disability” or “disabled” includes: (1) Illness or injury, w…

(a) An individual who is a resident in an alcoholic recovery home pursuant to referral or recommendation by a physician shall be eligible for disability benefits for a period not in excess of 30 days in any disability benefit period while receiving resident services, if an author…

(a) An individual who is a resident in a drug-free residential facility pursuant to referral or recommendation by a physician shall be eligible for disability benefits for a period not in excess of 45 days in any disability benefit period while receiving resident services, if an …

A disabled individual is eligible to receive disability benefits equal to one-seventh of his or her weekly benefit amount for each full day during which he or she is unemployed due to a disability only if the director finds that: (a) He or she has made a claim for disability bene…

An individual is not eligible for disability benefits with respect to any period for which the director finds that he has received or is entitled to receive unemployment compensation benefits under Part 1 of this division or under an unemployment compensation act of any other sta…

(a) Except as provided in this section, an individual is not eligible for disability benefits under this part for any day of unemployment and disability for which he or she has received, or is entitled to receive, “other benefits” in the form of cash payments. (b) “Other benefits…

(a) Nothing in Section 2629 shall be construed to authorize the delay of payment of unemployment compensation disability benefits except where the claimant is currently in receipt of other benefits or where the department has received notice that the claimant’s employer or insure…

To the extent permitted by federal law, excludable restitution payments, as defined in Section 17131.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and excludable settlement payments, as defined in Section 17131.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, may not be applied to reduce the amount of …

(a) The Department of Child Support Services shall periodically notify the department of individuals who are certified, as provided in Section 17518 of the Family Code, as having support obligations, as defined by subdivision (g) and notify the department of any changes in the st…

There is in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency the Employment Development Department, which is vested with the duties, purposes, responsibilities, and jurisdiction heretofore exercised by the State Department of Benefit Payments or the California Health and Human Services…

The Employment Development Department shall have the possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, appropriations, land, and other property real or personal held for the benefit or use of the State Department of Benefit Payments in the perfo…

All officers and employees of the State Department of Benefit Payments who, on the operative date of the statute amending this section at the 1977 portion of the 1977–78 Regular Session of the Legislature, are serving in the state civil service, other than as temporary employees,…

The Director of Employment Development shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to the approval of the Senate, and shall serve as director at the pleasure of the Governor. The annual salary of the Director of Employment Development shall be as provided for by Chapter 6 of Part…

There shall be five deputy directors in the Employment Development Department who shall be appointed by the Governor subject to the approval of the Senate and shall hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. The salary of the deputy directors shall be fixed in accordance with l…

Whenever a reference to this division is made in this article it shall also include all other divisions of this code. (Amended by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1000.)

Regulations for the administration of the functions of the Employment Development Department under this code shall be adopted, amended, or repealed by the Director of Employment Development as provided in Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Titl…

All regulations heretofore adopted by the Director of the Department of Human Resources Development shall remain in effect and shall be fully enforceable unless and until readopted, amended or repealed by the Director of Employment Development. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1207.)

All regulations heretofore adopted by the Director of Benefit Payments pursuant to this code and in effect immediately preceding the operative date of the amendment of this section enacted by the Legislature during the 1977–78 Regular Session, shall remain in effect and shall be …

The Director of Employment Development may adopt, amend, or repeal such regulations as are reasonably necessary to enforce his functions under this code. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1212, Sec. 93.)

The department shall provide, upon the request of any person or entity, any or all of the department’s rules, regulations, guidelines, bulletins, manuals, standards of general application, or the departmental responsibilities under any state or federal law, along with any subscri…

The Director of Employment Development or the Department of Employment Development may prescribe the extent, if any, to which any rule, regulation or interpretation issued or promulgated in accordance with the provisions of this code shall be applied without retroactive effect. (…

The Director of Employment Development shall appoint such assistants except personnel of the appeals division as he finds necessary for the administration of this division, subject to the provisions of the Government Code, and may delegate to any of the officers or employees of t…

The appeals division within the department includes the appeals board and its clerical staff and assistants and the administrative law judges and their supervisors and clerical staff and assistants. (Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 537, Sec. 1.)

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Additional languages” means the top 8 to 15 non-English and nonprimary languages used by limited English proficient adults in California according to the most recent American Community Survey by the Uni…

The Director of Employment Development shall maintain a field investigating staff, whose function shall embrace investigation throughout the state of violations of this code, to the end that its provisions are more adequately and strictly enforced. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 12…

The Director of Employment Development shall comply with all applicable provisions of the Government Code relating to contracts, budgets and other fiscal matters, including Sections 13320 to 13324, inclusive, of that code, in the same manner and to the same extent as other state …

The Director of Employment Development shall make such reports in such form and containing such information as the Secretary of Labor may from time to time require, and shall comply with such provisions as the secretary may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctne…

(a) The director shall periodically review policies and practices used to determine eligibility for and the amount of benefits in the unemployment insurance program to identify those policies and practices that do all of the following: (1) Result in delayed eligibility determinat…

(a) For the purposes of this part, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the department shall do all of the following: (1) (A) Report at least once every six months on its internet website all of the following information: (i) The amount for which it has issued overpayment notic…

The director may by authorized regulations prescribe the information required to be reported to the department by employing units under this division and employers subject to withholding tax under Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) in order to make reports required by the…

The Director of Employment Development shall make available, upon request, to any agency of the United States government charged with the administration of public works or assistance through public employment, the following information relating to recipients of unemployment compe…

(a) For purposes of preventing payments on fraudulent claims for unemployment compensation benefits, the Director of Employment Development shall verify, with the information provided by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation pursuant to Section 11105.9 of the Penal Cod…

The department may exchange information with federal, state, or local governmental departments and agencies that are concerned with the administration of unemployment or disability insurance, or the collection of taxes that may be used to finance the administration of unemploymen…

The Director of Employment Development may apply for an advance to the Unemployment Fund and accept the responsibility for the repayment of such advance in accordance with the conditions specified in Title XII of the Social Security Act, as amended, to secure to this state and it…

The expense of the administration of this division shall be paid out of the Unemployment Administration Fund, unless otherwise provided for in this division. (Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)

(a) The department may study and make recommendations as to action which might tend to: (1) Promote the prevention of unemployment and the stabilization of employment. (2) Encourage and assist in the adoption of practical methods of vocational training, retraining and guidance. (…

The department, in consultation and coordination with veterans’ organizations and veteran service providers, shall do all of the following: (a) Research the needs of veterans throughout the state and develop a profile of veterans’ employment and training needs. (b) Develop a stat…

(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that state supported Veterans Employment Training services meet the same performance standards as those required by the federal Workforce Investment Act for services provided to veterans. (b) Following any fiscal year in which state funds s…

The department shall investigate and report upon the degree of unemployment hazard in various industries and occupations and their cost to the Unemployment Fund. It shall recommend to employers in industries or occupations showing an excessive cost to that fund, means for stabili…

The department is authorized to enter into negotiations with the United States Bureau of the Census to expand the current population survey for a sample of up to 35,000 households in California. The department shall report its findings and the result of the negotiations to the Le…

(a) The director, or the director’s designee, shall serve as Chairperson of the Joint Enforcement Strike Force on the Underground Economy provided for in Executive Order W-66-93. The strike force shall include, but not be limited to, representatives of the Employment Development …

(a) The director shall post, on the homepage of the department’s internet website, a hyperlink to information about the Federal Unemployment Tax Act tax credit. On the web page describing this credit, the director shall indicate whether the Unemployment Fund owes money to the fed…