Title UIC, California Unemp. Ins. Code

(a) Within 30 days from the date of mailing or serving of the notice of overpayment, the person affected may file an appeal to an administrative law judge. The director shall be an interested party to any such appeal. The administrative law judge, after affording reasonable oppor…

The Appeals Board shall review an appeal from an overpayment determination as provided in Sections 1336 and 1337 and determine what amount, if any, shall be recovered. (Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 266.)

The director, subject to this article, may do any or all of the following in the recovery of overpayments of unemployment compensation benefits: (a) File a civil action against the liable person for the recovery of the amount of the overpayment within one year after any of the fo…

An abstract of judgment obtained pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1379, or a copy thereof, may be recorded with the county recorder of any county. From the time of recording, the judgment shall constitute a lien against all real or personal property of the liable per…

(a) If an abstract has been recorded as provided in Section 1379.5, and the lien, including any interest, costs, and penalty, has been satisfied in full, the department shall, pursuant to Section 724.050 of the Code of Civil Procedure do all of the following: (1) File an acknowle…

No person shall be liable for the amount of benefits received where the benefits were paid pursuant to an administrative law judge’s decision which affirmed an initial determination or in accordance with a final decision of the appeals board, regardless of any further appeal. An …

The director shall enforce collection of any judgment obtained by the director under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1379. Amounts collected under this section shall be deposited in the fund from which the overpayment was made, except that the amounts collected to offset the co…

No person shall be liable for the amount of benefits received for any period for which the person also received an award or settlement of backpay resulting from an action or grievance for wrongful discharge, if the amount of the backpay award or settlement was reduced by the amou…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Franchise Tax Board shall aid the department in the recovery of overpayments of unemployment compensation benefits pursuant to Section 1379 for up to six years after the date of the service of the notice of overpayme…

Amounts collected by the Controller for benefit overpayment accounts, pursuant to Section 12419.2 of the Government Code, shall be deposited in the fund from which the overpayment was made, except that the amounts collected to offset the costs of collections shall be deposited in…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Training Benefits Program. (Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 591, Sec. 2. (AB 2058) Effective January 1, 2011. Operative on date (no later than July 1, 2011) prescribed in Section 1274.20.)

Experience has shown that the ability of a large number of the population of California to compete for jobs in the labor market is impaired by advancement in technological improvements, the widespread effects of automation and relocation in our economy, and foreign competition as…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, with respect to an unemployed individual otherwise eligible for benefits, those benefits shall not be denied to an individual for any week because he or she is in eligible training or retraining, as described in Section 1269 o…

An unemployed individual who files a claim for unemployment compensation benefits or extended duration benefits, or an application for federal-state extended benefits or any federally funded unemployment compensation benefits, may apply to the department for a determination of po…

A determination of automatic eligibility for benefits under this article shall be issued to an unemployed individual if the director finds that any of the following applies: (a) The training is authorized by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128…

If the training is not authorized under Section 1269, a determination of potential eligibility for benefits under this article shall be issued to an unemployed individual if the director finds that all of the following apply: (a) The individual has been unemployed for four or mor…

As used in this article: (a) “Demand occupation” means an occupation in a labor market area in which the director determines work opportunities are available and there is not a surplus of qualified applicants. (b) “Labor market area” means a county, or aggregation of counties des…

(a) Any unemployed individual receiving unemployment compensation benefits payable under this division, who applies for a determination of potential eligibility for benefits under this article no later than the 16th week of his or her receiving these benefits, and is determined e…

(a) The department shall inform all individuals who claim unemployment compensation benefits in this state of the benefits potentially available under this article and Section 1271. The department shall convey this information verbally, in written form, or online. If in written f…

Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1253, an unemployed individual who is able to work is eligible to receive benefits under this article with respect to any week during a period of training or retraining only if the director finds both of the following: (a) He or she has …

If an individual fails to submit for any week during a period of training or retraining the certification required by Section 1272, he or she shall be ineligible to receive any benefits for that week. This section shall not render an individual ineligible for benefits for any wee…

The director may publish a list of high demand occupations in each labor market area of this state. If a demand occupation is limited to a particular industry, the director may identify the industry of the demand occupation. (Added by renumbering Section 1274.5 by Stats. 1987, Ch…

The amendments to this article proposed by Assembly Bill 2058 of the 2009–10 Regular Session shall be effective commencing January 1, 2011, unless the department determines that implementation by that date is not feasible, in which case the department shall implement the amendmen…

Not later than September 1, 2016, the department shall prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report evaluating the effectiveness of the California Training Benefits Program required to be implemented pursuant to this article. The report shall include, at a mini…

The Legislature finds that the traditional system of unemployment compensation is primarily designed to provide income support for workers who are temporarily laid off or expect to be unemployed for only a short time. However, increasing numbers of workers are losing their jobs p…

The Legislature finds that over 1.5 million persons in California are deaf or significantly hard of hearing. Private and public employment agencies are not routinely adapted to meet the communication needs of persons who are deaf and hard of hearing and, therefore, the services t…

As used in this chapter “contractor” means a public agency or a private nonprofit corporation. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1157, Sec. 1. Effective September 17, 1984.)

(a) The department shall contract with public agencies or private nonprofit corporations for a period not to exceed one year to provide employment services for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing. These employment services shall be provided onsite at the department’s offices…

Employment services for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) Complete communication services for all preparatory, job placement, and followup activities. The communication services shall include interpreter services by …

(a) The department, with the advice of persons knowledgeable about providing employment services to persons who are deaf and hard of hearing, shall establish the criteria for choosing contractors. (b) The criteria shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following: (1) Th…

The department shall do all of the following: (a) Determine the number and location of its offices within the state providing employment services to individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing and decide which offices shall be served by contractors given the resources available …

The Employment Development Department shall not expend over 5 percent of the sum appropriated for this chapter for its administrative costs. (Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1157, Sec. 1. Effective September 17, 1984.)

(a) The employer shall be liable for the payment of the tax required to be deducted and withheld under Section 13020, and shall not be liable to any person for the amount of such payment. (b) Whenever any employer or person has withheld any amount pursuant to this division, the a…

If the employer, in violation of the provisions of this division, fails to deduct and withhold the tax under this division, and thereafter the tax against which the tax may be credited is paid or the taxpayer reports to the Franchise Tax Board the wages or gross income against wh…

The department may by notice, served personally or by first-class mail, require any employer, person, officer or department of the state, political subdivision or agency of the state, including the Regents of the University of California, a city organized under a freeholders’ cha…

Any employer or person failing to withhold the amount due from any taxpayer and to transmit the same to the department after service of a notice pursuant to Section 13072 is liable for such amounts. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1007, Sec. 64. Operative July 1, 1981, by Sec. 67 of C…

Any employer or person required to withhold and transmit any amount pursuant to this division shall comply with the requirement without resort to any legal or equitable action in a court of law or equity. Any employer or person paying to the department any amount required by it t…

Whenever, under any provision of this division, service is authorized upon the state of any notice to withhold, unless expressly exempted from the provisions of this section, such service to be effective must, in addition to any other requirements, be made on the state agency owi…

If the employer is the United States, or this state, or any political subdivision thereof, including the Regents of the University of California, a city organized under a freeholders’ charter, or any agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing, the return of the…

(a) For purposes of Sections 13020 and 13070, if a lender, surety, or other person, who is not an employer under such sections with respect to an employee or group of employees, pays wages directly to such an employee or group of employees, employed by one or more employers, or t…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when a person using his or her Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act individual training account enrolls in an adult education program, a noncredit curricula program at a community college, or a regional occupational center or progra…

To the extent permitted by federal law, school districts and county offices of education are eligible to apply to local workforce development boards to provide basic skills training and skills necessary for attaining a secondary school diploma. (Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 94, Se…

To the extent permissible under federal law, the Governor may set aside a portion of the youth funding specifically for programs to improve the academic skills of low-achieving youth and for dropout prevention activities. (Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 641, Sec. 23. (AB 830) Effect…

The director may in accordance with law deposit for the purpose of clearance by the director all money collected under this division, in a state or national bank in this state. After clearance the money so deposited shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the pr…

The Unemployment Fund is continued in existence as a special fund, separate and apart from all public money or funds of this state. This fund shall consist of (1) all employer contributions collected under this division; (2) interest earned upon any money in the fund; (3) any pro…

The Unemployment Fund shall be administered by the director exclusively for the purposes of this division without liability upon the part of the State beyond the amounts paid into and earned by the fund. (Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 313.)