BlackletterCalifornia law

Unemployment Insurance Code § 637

ARTICLE 2. Excluded Services

Current as of September 28, 2026Unemp. Ins. Code, § 637Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 798, Sec. 1. Effective September 26, 1989.

“Employment” does not include service performed by any of the following:

(a) The officers and director of a corporation who are the sole shareholders of the corporation and it is not subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.

(b) The officers and director of a corporation engaged in agriculture who are shareholders of the corporation and it is not subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.

(c) An officer of a corporation who is the sole shareholder, or the only shareholder other than his or her spouse, and the service is not subject to the Federal Unemployment Tax Act.