Title UIC, California Unemp. Ins. Code

In enacting the Employment Development Act of 1973, the Legislature further finds and declares that it is essential to the health and welfare of the people of this state that action be taken by local, state and federal governments to effectively and economically utilize public fu…

Subject to the provisions of Sections 9600 and 9605, the Secretary of the Health and Welfare Agency shall coordinate all job training placement, and related programs, conducted by state agencies, with the federal government and ensure that there is no duplication of the programs …

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this code, individuals with disabilities who are clients of the Department of Rehabilitation shall not be barred as participants in manpower programs, including, but not limited to, retraining programs, work incentive programs, job training…

Upon receipt of a formal ruling from the United States Secretary of Labor, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, or the head of any federal agency that any provision of Chapter 1206 of the Statutes of 1973 or Chapter 1212 of the Statutes of 1973 cannot be give…

Except where the context otherwise clearly indicates, the definitions set forth in this article shall govern the construction of the provisions of this division. (Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)

“American aircraft” means an aircraft registered under the laws of the United States. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1107.)

“American employer” means any of the following: (a) An individual who is a resident of the United States. (b) A partnership, if two-thirds or more of the partners are residents of the United States. (c) A trust, if all of the trustees are residents of the United States. (d) A cor…

“American vessel” means any vessel documented or numbered under the laws of the United States, and includes any vessel which is neither documented or numbered under the laws of the United States nor documented under the laws of any foreign country, if its crew is employed solely …

“Appeals Board” means the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. (Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)

“Authorized regulations” means regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, as modified by the provisions of this division, and “regulation” includes the amendment or r…

“Benefits” means the money payments payable to an individual, pursuant to this division, with respect to his unemployment and includes unemployment compensation benefits, federal-state extended benefits, or extended duration benefits, or disability benefits, or all of them. (Amen…

“Calendar quarter” means the period of three consecutive calendar months ending on March 31st, June 30th, September 30th, or December 31st, or the equivalent thereof as may be prescribed by authorized regulations. (Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)

“Contingent fund” means the Department of Employment Development Contingent Fund. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1212.)

“Benefit Audit Fund” means the Employment Development Department Benefit Audit Fund. (Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1010, Sec. 1.)

“Contributions” means the money payments to the Unemployment Fund, Employment Training Fund, or Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund which are required by this division. (Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1169, Sec. 1. Note: The amendment by Stats. 2003, Ch. 673, did not take effe…

Except as otherwise provided, “department” means the Employment Development Department, which also may be referred to as the Department of Employment Development. (Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 503.)

“Department of Benefit Payments” or “State Department of Benefit Payments” shall be construed to refer to and mean the Employment Development Department. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)

Except as otherwise provided, “director” means the Director of Employment Development. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1212, Sec. 74.)

“Director of Benefit Payments” shall be construed to refer to and mean Director of Employment Development. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252.)

“Disability fund” means the “Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund.” (Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1294.)

(a) “Employing unit” means an individual or type of organization that has in its employ one or more individuals performing services for it within this state, and includes but is not limited to, the following individuals and organizations: (1) An individual or type of organization…

(a) A new employing unit shall not be created when there is an acquisition or change in the form or organization of an existing business enterprise, or severable portion thereof, and there is a continuity of control of the business enterprise. (b) Control of a business enterprise…

(a) If two or more business enterprises are united by factors of control, operation, and use, the director may determine that the business enterprises are one employing unit. (1) Control of a business enterprise shall include, but not be limited to, ownership of a majority intere…

“Federal Unemployment Tax Act” means Chapter 23 of Subtitle C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, or the corresponding provisions of any other federal act into which such provisions may hereafter be incorporated. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1184.)

“Public employment office” means a free public employment office or branch thereof operated by this State or maintained as a part of a state-controlled system of public employment offices. (Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)

“State” includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia, as well as each of the states of the United States. (Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 2.)

“Unemployment compensation benefits” refers to benefits payable under Part 1 of this division. (Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)

“Unemployment compensation disability benefits” or “disability benefits” refers to money payments payable under Part 2 (commencing with Section 2601) to either of the following: (a) An eligible unemployed individual with respect to his or her wage losses due to unemployment as a …

“Unemployment insurance” wherever it appears in this division means “unemployment compensation.” (Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)

“Unemployment Trust Fund” means the Unemployment Trust Fund established and maintained pursuant to Section 904 of the Federal Social Security Act as amended. (Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)

“United States” includes the states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. An individual who is a citizen of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands (but not otherwise a citizen of the United States) shall be considered a…

“Week” means a period of seven consecutive days as prescribed by authorized regulation. Such regulation may prescribe that a week shall be deemed to be “in,” “within,” or “during” that benefit year which includes the greater part of such week. (Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)

“Worker contributions,” “contributions by workers,” “employee contributions,” or “contributions by employees” mean contributions to the Disability Fund. (Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this article govern the construction of this division. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1207.)

“Department” means the Employment Development Department, which may also be referred to as the Department of Employment Development. (Amended by Stats. 1974, Ch. 503.)

“Director” means the Director of Employment Development. (Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1207.)

“State agency” means those agencies enumerated in Section 11000 of the Government Code. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1460.)

“Job training and placement services” or “job training and placement programs” means any job training, placement, or related services administered or supervised by or provided under contract with the department, directly calculated to increase employability or improve the employm…

“Unemployed person” means a person who lacks a bona fide employment, suffers economic deprivation because of lack of employment, and is employable or capable of being made employable through the services available under this part. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1460.)

“Underemployed person” means a person who has a bona fide employment but whose employment, be it full time, or part time, or intermittent, is insufficient to provide an income adequate to avoid economic deprivation. (Added by Stats. 1968, Ch. 1460.)

“Economic deprivation” means annual income insufficient to enable the family or individual to meet a table of income criteria adopted by the director, which takes appropriate factors into account, including, but not limited to, the level indicated by multiplying by 3 the cost of …

(a) “Economically disadvantaged area” means an area which meets all of the following requirements: (1) It is composed of contiguous census tracts within or partly within an urbanized area as defined by the most recent federal census for which statistics are available. (2) In the …

“Eligible person” means an unemployed person or underemployed person who resides in an economically disadvantaged area or resides outside of an economically disadvantaged area but who resides in a county in which an economically disadvantaged area exists and qualifies under crite…

“Economically displaced persons” means those persons who have been subjected to an involuntary layoff or separation from their employment, and who have not quit voluntarily or been dismissed for disciplinary reasons. (Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1563.)

The department shall have the powers and duties necessary to administer the reporting, collection, refunding to the employer, and enforcement of taxes required to be withheld by employers pursuant to Section 13020, except as otherwise provided by this division. (Added by Stats. 1…

The definitions set forth in Sections 126, 127, 129, 133, 134, and 144 shall apply to this division. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1007, Sec. 64. Operative July 1, 1981, by Sec. 67 of Ch. 1007.)