California · Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC

UIC §1252.1: With respect to individuals hired as commercial fishermen a “totally unemployed individual” means an individual who, during a particular week, while still attached to his employer from the standpoint

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With respect to individuals hired as commercial fishermen a “totally unemployed individual” means an individual who, during a particular week, while still attached to his employer from the standpoint that there did not occur any severance of the employer-employee relationship, earned no wages and performed no services because his employer’s boat was tied up for one or more of the following reasons: (a) Inclement weather. (b) Absence of fish in fishable waters. (c) Lack of orders for fish from buyers. (d) Boat is laid up for repairs.

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