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Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC

1,117 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1262.5 — Whenever the department learns that a trade dispute is in progress, the department shall promptly conduct an investigation and make investigation findings as to the nature, location, labor organizatio
• § 1263 — (a) Any individual convicted under Section 2101 by any court of competent jurisdiction of willfully making a false statement or knowingly failing to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase any
• § 1264 — (a) (1) Unemployment compensation benefits, extended duration benefits, and federal-state extended benefits shall not be payable on the basis of services performed by a person who is not a citizen or
• § 1265 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division, payments to an individual under a plan or system established by an employer which makes provisions for his employees generally, or for a class or
• § 1265.1 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, payments to an individual by an employer who has failed to provide the advance notice of facility closure required by the federal Worker Adjus
• § 1265.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, payments to an individual for vacation pay which was earned but not paid for services performed prior to termination of employment shall not be co
• § 1265.6 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, payments to an individual for holiday pay for any holiday occurring in a week during which the individual was unemployed shall be deemed wages rec
• § 1265.7 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, payments to an individual for sick pay which was earned but not paid for services performed prior to termination of employment, shall not be const
• § 1265.9 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, payments for severance pay or terminal pay to an individual who is terminated from his or her employment as a direct result of the expansion of a
• § 1266 — This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Training Benefits Program.
• § 1266.1 — 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
• § 1267 — 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
• § 1268 — 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 unemploym
• § 1269 — 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 author
• § 1269.1 — 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 al
• § 127 — “Authorized regulations” means regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3.
• § 1270 — 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 ap
• § 1271 — (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 late
• § 1271.5 — (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.
• § 1272 — 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
• § 1272.5 — 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.
• § 1274 — The director may publish a list of high demand occupations in each labor market area of this state.
• § 1274.20 — 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
• § 1274.5 — 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
• § 1275 — (a) Unemployment compensation benefit award computations shall be based on wages paid in the base period.
• § 1276 — “Benefit year”, with respect to any individual, means the 52-week period beginning with the first day of the week with respect to which the individual first files a valid claim for benefits and therea
• § 1277 — Notwithstanding Section 1281, if the base period of a new claim includes wages which were paid prior to the effective date of, and not used in the computation of the award for, a previous valid claim,
• § 1277.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 1277, if an individual has a subsequent new claim and the previous valid claim was filed under subdivision (b) of Section 1275, the new claim shall only be valid if, during
• § 1277.5 — In determining, under Sections 1277 and 1277.
• § 1278 — For the purposes of this chapter, wages shall be counted as “wages for employment for employers” for benefit purposes with respect to any benefit year only if the benefit year begins subsequent to the
• § 1279 — (a) Each individual eligible under this chapter who is unemployed in any week shall be paid with respect to that week an unemployment compensation benefit in an amount equal to his or her weekly benef
• § 1279.5 — (a) As used in this section: (1) “Affected unit” means a specified plant, department, shift, or other definable unit that includes two or more workers and not less than 10 percent of the employer’s re
• § 1279.6 — The department may collaborate with the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development and the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to develop and implement strategic outrea
• § 1279.7 — (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 1279.
• § 128 — “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 benefi
• § 1280 — (a) For any new claims filed with an effective date on or after January 1, 1992, and prior to September 11, 2001, an individual’s weekly benefit amount is the amount appearing in column B in the follo
• § 1281 — (a) An individual cannot establish a valid claim or a benefit year during which any benefits are payable unless during his or her base period, for new claims filed with an effective date beginning on
• § 1282 — If the remuneration of an individual is not based upon a fixed period or duration of time or if the individual’s wages are paid at irregular intervals or in such manner as not to extend regularly over
• § 129 — “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
• § 13 — “City” includes incorporated city, city and county, municipal corporation, municipality, town and incorporated town.
• § 130 — “Contingent fund” means the Department of Employment Development Contingent Fund.
• § 130.5 — “Benefit Audit Fund” means the Employment Development Department Benefit Audit Fund.
• § 1300 — 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 o
• § 13000 — 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
• § 13001 — The definitions set forth in Sections 126, 127, 129, 133, 134, and 144 shall apply to this division.
• § 13002 — The following provisions of this code shall apply to any amount required to be deducted, reported, and paid to the department under this division: (a) Sections 301, 305, 306, 310, 311, 317, and 318, r
• § 13003 — (a) Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter, and in addition the definitions and provisions of the Personal Income Tax Law referred to and hereby incorpo
• § 13004 — “Employee” means a resident individual who receives remuneration for services performed within or without this state or a nonresident individual who receives remuneration for services performed within
• § 13004.1 — “Employee” does not include any individual if all of the following conditions exist: (a) The individual is licensed pursuant to the provisions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 10000) of Division 4 o
• § 13004.5 — (a) “Employee” also means any individual who is an employee pursuant to Section 2750.
• § 13004.6 — “Employee” does not include any member of a limited liability company that is treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes.
• § 13005 — (a) “Employer” means any individual, person, corporation, association, partnership, or limited liability company, or any agent thereof, doing business in this state, deriving income from sources withi
• § 13005.7 — An employment agency, as defined in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) or (h) of Section 1812.
• § 13006 — “Gross income” means all compensation for services including fees, commissions, and similar items, except as otherwise provided by this division.
• § 13007 — “Miscellaneous payroll period” means a payroll period other than a daily, weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or annual payroll period.
• § 13008 — “Payroll period” means a period for which a payment of wages is ordinarily made to the employee by his or her employer.
• § 13009 — “Wages” means all remuneration, other than fees paid to a public official, for services performed by an employee for their employer, including all remuneration paid to a nonresident employee for servi
• § 13009.5 — (a) For purposes of the report required by subdivision (a) of Section 1088 and the statement required by Section 13050, “wages subject to personal income tax” means all of the following: (1) Remunerat
• § 13010 — “Withholding agent” means any person required to deduct and withhold any tax under the provisions of Section 13020.
• § 13011 — The department shall retain the possession and control of all records, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property real or personal held for the benef
• § 13013 — All regulations heretofore adopted by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to powers transferred to the department by this division and in effect immediately preceding the operative date of this division,
• § 13014 — This division does not apply to the payment of interest obligations not taxable under this division.
• § 13015 — The department is authorized to require such information with respect to persons subject to the taxes imposed by this division as is necessary or helpful in securing proper identification of such pers
• § 13016 — When necessary to make effective the provisions of this division, the name and address of the recipient of income shall be furnished upon demand of the person paying the income.
• § 13017 — Unless otherwise specifically provided, the provisions of any law effecting changes in withholding under this division shall begin in the manner set forth by Section 18665 of the Revenue and Taxation
• § 13018 — (a) Except as otherwise provided by this division or other express provision of law, the information furnished or secured pursuant to this division shall be used solely for the purpose of administerin
• § 13019 — (a) (1) With respect to tax advice, the protections of confidentiality that apply to a communication between a client and an attorney, as set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 950) of Chapte
• § 13020 — (a) (1) Every employer who pays wages to a resident employee for services performed either within or without this state, or to a nonresident employee for services performed in this state, shall deduct
• § 13021 — (a) Every employer required to withhold any tax under Section 13020 shall for each calendar quarter, whether or not wages or payments are paid in the quarter, file a withholding report, a quarterly re
• § 13021.5 — (a) “Electronic funds transfer” means a transfer of funds, other than a transaction originated by check, draft, or similar paper instrument, that is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephoni
• § 13022 — In determining the amount to be deducted and withheld under Section 13020, the wages may, at the election of the employer, be computed to the nearest dollar.
• § 13023 — The department may, by regulation, permit employers to estimate the wages which will be paid to any employee in any quarter of the calendar year, to determine the amount to be deducted and withheld up
• § 13024 — The department may provide by authorized regulation, under such conditions and to such extent as it deems proper, for withholding in addition to that otherwise required under Section 13020 in cases in
• § 13025 — In the case of remuneration paid in any medium other than cash for services performed by an individual as a retail salesperson for a person where the service performed by such individual for such pers
• § 13026 — An employer shall not be required to deduct and withhold any tax under this division upon a payment of wages (except wages exempt from federal income tax but not exempt under this division) to an empl
• § 13027 — In the case of tips which constitute wages, subdivision (a) of Section 13020 shall be applicable only to such tips as are included in a written statement furnished to the employer pursuant to Section
• § 13028 — (a) For purposes of this division (and so much of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) and Part 10.
• § 13028.1 — If the director determines that nonpayment of tax by a nonresident under the income tax laws of this state may occur, the director shall notify the payer of payments described in subdivision (a) of Se
• § 13028.5 — (a) For purposes of this division (and so much of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) and Part 10.
• § 13028.6 — (a) For purposes of this division (and so much of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) and Part 10.
• § 13029 — The department may by authorized regulations provide for withholding— (a) From remuneration for services performed by an employee for his or her employer which (without regard to this section) does no
• § 13030 — If wages are paid with respect to a period which is not a payroll period, the amount to be deducted and withheld shall be that applicable in the case of a miscellaneous payroll period containing a num
• § 13031 — If the remuneration paid by an employer to an employee for services performed during one-half or more of any payroll period of not more than 31 consecutive days constitutes wages, all the remuneration
• § 13040 — (a) An employer shall use the exemption certificate filed by the employee with the employer in such form and containing such information as the department may prescribe, for determining the number of
• § 13041 — The number and amount of withholding exemptions allowed shall be based upon the persons claimed in a withholding exemption certificate in effect under Section 13040, except that if no such certificate
• § 13042 — A new withholding exemption certificate filed under this division in cases in which a previous certificate was in effect shall take effect with respect to the first payment of wages made on or after t
• § 13043 — (a) The amount to be deducted and withheld under this division shall be prescribed pursuant to Section 18663 of the Revenue and Taxation Code when a payment of wages is made to an employee by an emplo
• § 13050 — (a) Every employer or person required to deduct and withhold from an employee a tax under Section 986, 3260, or 13020, or who would have been required to deduct and withhold a tax under Section 13020
• § 13052 — Any person or employer required under Section 13050 to furnish a statement to an employee who furnishes a false or fraudulent statement, or who fails to furnish a statement in the manner, at the time,
• § 13052.5 — (a) In addition to the penalty imposed by Section 19183 of the Revenue and Taxation Code (relating to failure to file information returns), if any person, or entity fails to report amounts paid as rem
• § 13055 — Every employee who, in the course of his or her employment by an employer, receives in any calendar month tips which are wages shall report all such tips in one or more written statements furnished to
• § 13056 — (a) When required by authorized regulations prescribed by the department: (1) Any person or employer required under the authority of this division to make a return, report, statement, or other documen
• § 13057 — (a) If any person who is required by regulations prescribed under Section 13056 to provide a required identifying number fails without good cause to comply with that requirement at the time prescribed
• § 13058 — Except as otherwise provided by the department, any return, report, statement, or other document required to be made under any provision of this division or authorized regulations shall contain, or be
• § 13059 — If the Governor declares a state of emergency, the director may extend the time requirements for filing returns, reports, and statements required by this chapter.
• § 13070 — (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.
• § 13071 — 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
• § 13072 — 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 Re
• § 13073 — 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.
• § 13074 — 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 equ
• § 13075 — 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 effect
• § 13076 — 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
• § 13077 — (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
• § 131 — “Contributions” means the money payments to the Unemployment Fund, Employment Training Fund, or Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund which are required by this division.
• § 13101 — (a) In addition to any criminal penalty provided by law, if any individual makes a statement under Section 13040, 13041, or 13042 which results in a decrease in the amounts deducted and withheld under
• § 1326 — Claims for unemployment compensation benefits shall be made in accordance with authorized regulations of the director.
• § 1326.5 — An individual shall, to maintain his or her eligibility to file continued claims during a continuous period of unemployment, submit a continued claim not more than 14 days from the end of the last wee
• § 1326.8 — The department shall request any personal identification information required from the claimant under this part in accordance with the most recent federal National Institute of Standards and Technolog
• § 1327 — The department shall give a notice of the filing of a new or additional claim to the employing unit by which the claimant was last employed immediately preceding the filing of the claim unless the add
• § 1328 — (a) The department shall consider the facts submitted by an employer pursuant to Section 1327 and make a determination as to the claimant’s eligibility for benefits.
• § 1329 — (a) Upon the filing of a new claim for benefits, the department shall promptly make a computation on the claim that shall set forth the maximum amount of benefits potentially payable during the benefi
• § 1329.1 — A claim for unemployment compensation benefits may be canceled if all of the following apply: (a) The individual has not been deemed ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits.
• § 1329.5 — For purposes of a claim for unemployment benefits under subdivision (b) of Section 1275, all of the following apply: (a) Computation using the last four completed calendar quarters shall be based on a
• § 133 — Except as otherwise provided, “department” means the Employment Development Department, which also may be referred to as the Department of Employment Development.
• § 133.5 — “Department of Benefit Payments” or “State Department of Benefit Payments” shall be construed to refer to and mean the Employment Development Department.
• § 1330 — (a) The claimant and any base period employer to whom a notice of computation or recomputation is given may, within 30 days after the service of the notice, protest the accuracy of the computation or
• § 1331 — Any base period employer shall, within 15 days after mailing of a notice of computation, submit to the department any facts then known which he or she was not previously required to submit to the depa
• § 1332 — (a) The department shall promptly serve notice of any determination of eligibility for benefits under this part or Part 3 (commencing with Section 3501) or Part 4 (commencing with Section 4001) of thi
• § 1332.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division any provision that prescribes time limits within which the department may reconsider any determination, ruling, or computation or any provision tha
• § 1333 — Notices, protests, and information required under this article shall be submitted in accordance with authorized regulations.
• § 1334 — (a) An administrative law judge after affording a reasonable opportunity for fair hearing, shall, unless the appeal is withdrawn, affirm, reverse, modify, or set aside any determination that is appeal
• § 1335 — If an appeal is filed, benefits with respect to the period prior to the final decision on the appeal shall be paid only after the decision, except that: (a) If benefits for any week are payable in acc
• § 1336 — The director or any party to a decision by an administrative law judge may appeal to the appeals board from the decision.
• § 1337 — The decision of the appeals board on an appeal from the decision of an administrative law judge must be rendered within 60 days after the submission of the appeal unless the board requires the taking
• § 1338 — If the appeals board issues a decision allowing benefits the benefits shall be paid regardless of any further action taken by the director, the appeals board, or any other administrative agency, and r
• § 1339 — (a) (1) The department shall pay unemployment compensation benefits through public employment offices or such other agency as may be prescribed by authorized regulations of the director.
• § 1339.1 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding this part, if unemployment compensation benefit payments are directly deposited to an account of the recipient’s choice, as authorized under the federal Electronic Fund Transfe
• § 134 — Except as otherwise provided, “director” means the Director of Employment Development.
• § 134.1 — “Director of Benefit Payments” shall be construed to refer to and mean Director of Employment Development.
• § 134.5 — “Disability fund” means the “Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund.
• § 1340 — Minors who are eligible for benefits may be paid and receive benefits in their own right, and a receipt signed by a minor shall be valid and binding.
• § 1341 — Benefits due a deceased or legally declared incompetent person may be paid to such person or persons as appears to the Director of Employment Development to be legally entitled thereto in accordance w
• § 1342 — Any waiver by any person of any benefit or right under this code is invalid, except as provided by Sections 1255.
• § 1342.1 — (a) An individual filing a new claim for unemployment compensation shall, at the time of filing the claim, be advised that: (1) Unemployment compensation and disability insurance benefits, when paid i
• § 1345 — (a) An individual covered by a voluntary plan approved under Section 3254 may, at the time he or she applies for voluntary plan benefits or at any time while receiving voluntary plan benefits, volunta
• § 135 — (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 fo
• § 135.1 — (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 contin
• § 135.2 — (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.
• § 136 — “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
• § 137 — “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.
• § 1375 — Any person who is overpaid any amount of benefits under this part is liable for the amount overpaid unless any of the following is applicable: (a) (1) The overpayment was not due to fraud, misrepresen
• § 1375.1 — If the director finds that an individual has been overpaid unemployment compensation benefits because he or she willfully, for the purpose of obtaining unemployment compensation benefits, either made
• § 1375.3 — No determination of overpayment shall be based upon the disallowance by the Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board of a claim of lien filed under subdivision (g) of Section 4903 of the Labor Code, or th
• § 1375.5 — Any claim of lien filed with the Workmen’s Compensation Appeals Board under the provisions of Section 4903 of the Labor Code shall be fully discharged and satisfied by payment of the amount of such li
• § 1375.7 — The director shall find that an individual has been overpaid unemployment benefits where the individual was an elected official and the individual’s unemployment insurance claim was based on income so
• § 1376 — The Director of Employment Development shall determine the amount of the overpayment and any assessment authorized under Section 1375.
• § 1377 — (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.
• § 1378 — 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.
• § 1379 — 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 t
• § 1379.5 — 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.
• § 1379.6 — (a) If an abstract has been recorded as provided in Section 1379.
• § 1380 — 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 w
• § 1381 — The director shall enforce collection of any judgment obtained by the director under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 1379.
• § 1382 — 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 dis
• § 1383 — 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 1
• § 1384 — Amounts collected by the Controller for benefit overpayment accounts, pursuant to Section 12419.
• § 139 — “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.
• § 14 — “County” includes city and county.
• § 140 — “Unemployment compensation benefits” refers to benefits payable under Part 1 of this division.
• § 140.5 — “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 unempl
• § 14000 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, in order for California to remain prosperous and globally competitive, it needs to have a well-educated and highly skilled workforce.
• § 14002 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that screening designed to detect unidentified disabilities, including learning disabilities, improves workforce preparation and enhances the use of employment a
• § 14003 — (a) Grants or contracts awarded under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, codified in Chapter 32 (commencing with Section 3101) of Title 29 of the United States Code, or any other st
• § 14004 — To be eligible for state or federal workforce development funds awarded by the state under the California Community and Faith Based Initiative, an organization must be a separate nonprofit entity or a
• § 14004.5 — The Consolidated Work Program Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury, for the receipt of all moneys deposited pursuant to the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
• § 14005 — For purposes of this division: (a) “Board” means the California Workforce Development Board.
• § 14006 — The provisions of this division are severable.
• § 14007 — Each provision of this division shall remain in effect unless the United States Secretary of Labor determines that any provision of this division or its application is not in conformity with the requi
• § 14010 — The California Workforce Development Board is the body responsible for assisting the Governor in the development, oversight, and continuous improvement of California’s workforce investment system and
• § 14011 — The board shall report, through its executive director, to the Secretary of the Labor and Workforce Development Agency.
• § 14012 — The board shall be appointed by the Governor to assist in the development of the State Plan and to carry out other functions, as described in Section 14103.
• § 14013 — The board shall assist the Governor in the following: (a) Promoting the development of a well-educated and highly skilled 21st century workforce, and the development of a high road economy that offers
• § 14014 — (a) Consistent with the intent of paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 14000, the California Workforce Development Board shall collect and report program and outcome data for its high road work
• § 14015 — Members of the board may receive up to one hundred dollars ($100) for each day’s actual attendance at meetings and other official business of the board, not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) per
• § 14017 — (a) In efforts to expand job training and employment for allied health professions, the California Workforce Development Board, in consultation with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards, shall do
• § 14017.1 — (a) To ensure that job training services investments are linked to regional labor market demand and provide opportunities for upward mobility, the board and the Employment Development Department shall
• § 14017.2 — (a) The California Workforce Development Board shall allocate the funds appropriated to the board pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 19.
• § 14020 — (a) The California Workforce Development Board, in collaboration with state and local partners, including the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the State Department of Education, other
• § 14030 — As used in this article, “Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative” or “initiative” means the Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative established in this article.
• § 14031 — (a) All efforts funded under this initiative are intended to supplement and be aligned with the broader workforce and education system in the State of California.
• § 14032 — (a) Funding for the initiative shall be subject to appropriation by the Legislature, but only for the purposes expressed in this article, and shall not draw from, supplant, or redirect existing state
• § 14033 — (a) The purpose of the initiative shall be to provide individuals with barriers to employment the services they need to enter, participate in, and complete broader workforce preparation, training and
• § 14034 — Populations eligible to be served by grants include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) Youths who are at risk of disconnection or disconnected from the education system or employment.
• § 14035 — Eligible activities for initiative and grant funds shall include, but are not limited to, all of the following: (a) English language improvement training.
• § 14036 — (a) The California Workforce Development Board may develop necessary policies to ensure that grants awarded under the initiative fund are activities that are consistent with the intent of this article
• § 14037 — There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative Fund.
• § 14038 — All criteria, guidelines, and policies developed by the California Workforce Development Board for the administration of the initiative shall be exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administra
• § 14040 — For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Earn and learn” has the same meaning as in subdivision (q) of Section 14005.
• § 14041 — The board shall administer a prison to employment program pursuant to this article and shall award grants for the following purposes: (a) The development of regional partnerships and regional plans to
• § 14042 — (a) Prior to awarding grants pursuant to Section 14041, the board shall develop and adopt guidelines and policies for the program, including, but not limited to, required regional plan content, requir
• § 141 — “Unemployment insurance” wherever it appears in this division means “unemployment compensation.
• § 14106 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Numerous studies have indicated the significant economic contributions of immigrants to this state and the nation as a whole.
• § 14106.5 — For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “California Workforce Development Board” or “board” means the California Workforce Development Board established purs
• § 14107 — (a) This article establishes the Social Entrepreneurs for Economic Development Initiative, to be administered by the California Workforce Development Board.
• § 14108 — (a) The SEED Initiative shall provide entrepreneurial training to individuals from the target populations and award microgrants to support them in launching or maintaining a small business in Californ
• § 14109 — For purposes of implementing the SEED Initiative, no entity or person shall seek information that is unnecessary to determine eligibility, including whether the individual is unlawfully present in the
• § 14120 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Workplace shootings, especially in high-stress industries such as transit agencies, have resulted in numerous deaths across California.
• § 14121 — (a) The board, or a research institution under contract with the board, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, and the California Health and Human Services Agency, shall do all of the follow
• § 142 — “Unemployment Trust Fund” means the Unemployment Trust Fund established and maintained pursuant to Section 904 of the Federal Social Security Act as amended.