CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.

§§ 100–144 · 32 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Policy and Interpretation §§ 100–102 · 3 sections

   • § 100 As a guide to the interpretation and application of this division the public policy of this State is declared as follows: Experience has shown that large…
   • § 101 This part is a part of a national plan of unemployment reserves and social security, and is enacted for the purpose of assisting in the stabilization of…
   • § 102 All the rights, privileges or immunities conferred by this division or by acts deemed pursuant thereto shall exist subject to the power of the Legislature to…
2. ARTICLE 2. General Definitions §§ 125–144 · 29 sections

   • § 125 Except where the context otherwise clearly indicates, the definitions set forth in this article shall govern the construction of the provisions of this…
   • § 125.3 “American aircraft” means an aircraft registered under the laws of the United States.
   • § 125.4 “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…
   • § 125.5 “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…
   • § 126 “Appeals Board” means the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board.
   • § 127 “Authorized regulations” means regulations promulgated pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of…
   • § 128 “Benefits” means the money payments payable to an individual, pursuant to this division, with respect to his unemployment and includes unemployment…
   • § 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…
   • § 130 “Contingent fund” means the Department of Employment Development Contingent Fund.
   • § 130.5 “Benefit Audit Fund” means the Employment Development Department Benefit Audit Fund.
   • § 131 “Contributions” means the money payments to the Unemployment Fund, Employment Training Fund, or Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund which are required by…
   • § 133 Except as otherwise provided, “department” means the Employment Development Department, which also may be referred to as the Department of Employment…
   • § 133.5 “Department of Benefit Payments” or “State Department of Benefit Payments” shall be construed to refer to and mean the Employment Development Department.
   • § 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.”
   • § 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,…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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…
   • § 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.
   • § 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…
   • § 141 “Unemployment insurance” wherever it appears in this division means “unemployment compensation.”
   • § 142 “Unemployment Trust Fund” means the Unemployment Trust Fund established and maintained pursuant to Section 904 of the Federal Social Security Act as amended.
   • § 142.5 “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…
   • § 143 “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,”…
   • § 144 “Worker contributions,” “contributions by workers,” “employee contributions,” or “contributions by employees” mean contributions to the Disability Fund.