California Code
DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION
PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 2601. - 2601. The purpose of this part is to compensate in...

Section 2602. - 2602. (a) Except as otherwise provided, the provisions and definitions...

Section 2603. - 2603. Disability benefits paid pursuant to this part shall not...

Section 2604. - 2604. Whenever the Director of Employment Development believes that a...

Section 2605. - 2605. If at any time the Secretary of Labor or...

Section 2606. - 2606. “Employment” for the purposes of this part means: (a)...

Section 2606.4. - 2606.4. Notwithstanding Section 632, “employment” for purposes of this part...

Section 2606.5. - 2606.5. (a) “Employment” for purposes of this part also means...

Section 2608. - 2608. (a) “Disability benefit period,” with respect to any individual,...

Section 2609. - 2609. “Valid claim” means any claim for unemployment compensation disability...

Section 2610. - 2610. “Disability base period,” with respect to an individual who...

Section 2611. - 2611. “Disability base period,” with respect to an individual who...

Section 2612. - 2612. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided...

Section 2613. - 2613. (a) The Director of Employment Development shall develop and...

Section 2614. - 2614. (a) The director shall report to the Assembly Committee...

Section 2615. - 2615. (a) The department, in the administration of this part,...

CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits

ARTICLE 1 - Eligibility

Section 2625. - 2625. Unemployment compensation disability benefits are payable from the Disability...

Section 2626. - 2626. (a) An individual shall be deemed disabled on any...

Section 2626.1. - 2626.1. (a) An individual who is a resident in an...

Section 2626.2. - 2626.2. (a) An individual who is a resident in a...

Section 2627. - 2627. A disabled individual is eligible to receive disability benefits...

Section 2628. - 2628. An individual is not eligible for disability benefits with...

Section 2629. - 2629. (a) Except as provided in this section, an individual...

Section 2629.1. - 2629.1. (a) Nothing in Section 2629 shall be construed to...

Section 2629.5. - 2629.5. To the extent permitted by federal law, excludable restitution...

Section 2630. - 2630. (a) The Department of Child Support Services shall periodically...

ARTICLE 2 - Computation (Amount and Duration)

Section 2652. - 2652. An individual cannot establish a valid claim unless he...

Section 2653. - 2653. Except as provided in Sections 708 and 708.5, the...

Section 2654. - 2654. For the purpose of this article wages due to...

Section 2655. - 2655. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), (d),...

Section 2655.1. - 2655.1. (a) By March 1, 2021, the department shall prepare...

Section 2656. - 2656. (a) An individual eligible to receive disability benefits who...

Section 2657. - 2657. If the remuneration of an individual is not based...

Section 2658. - 2658. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions in this part, except as...

ARTICLE 3 - Disqualifications

Section 2675. - 2675. (a) An individual shall be disqualified from receiving benefits...

Section 2676. - 2676. An individual who is disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation...

Section 2677. - 2677. An individual who is otherwise eligible for benefits under...

Section 2678. - 2678. An individual shall be disqualified from receiving benefits under...

Section 2679. - 2679. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual who...

Section 2680. - 2680. (a) An individual shall be ineligible for benefits under...

Section 2681. - 2681. (a) Any individual who commits a crime shall be...

ARTICLE 4 - Filing, Determination and Payment of Disability Benefit Claims

Section 2701. - 2701. (a) Disability benefits shall be paid by the department...

Section 2701.5. - 2701.5. The department shall issue the initial payment for unemployment...

Section 2702. - 2702. Minors who are eligible for disability benefits may be...

Section 2703. - 2703. The establishment of a disability benefit period for unemployment...

Section 2705. - 2705. Where an individual who would be eligible to receive...

Section 2705.1. - 2705.1. Where an individual who would be eligible to receive...

Section 2706. - 2706. Claims for disability benefits shall be made in accordance...

Section 2706.1. - 2706.1. A first claim, accompanied by a certificate on a...

Section 2706.2. - 2706.2. Any continued medical certification shall be submitted to the...

Section 2707. - 2707. The department shall give a notice of the filing...

Section 2707.1. - 2707.1. Within two working days after receipt of the notice...

Section 2707.2. - 2707.2. (a) The department shall consider the facts submitted by...

Section 2707.3. - 2707.3. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this...

Section 2707.4. - 2707.4. (a) The claimant may, within 30 days after the...

Section 2707.5. - 2707.5. (a) The department may for good cause reconsider any...

Section 2707.6. - 2707.6. Notices, protests, and information required under this article shall...

Section 2707.8. - 2707.8. (a) An administrative law judge, after affording a reasonable...

Section 2708. - 2708. (a) (1) In accordance with the director’s authorized regulations,...

Section 2708.1. - 2708.1. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), where an...

Section 2709. - 2709. If any individual in good faith adheres to the...

Section 2712. - 2712. Whenever an individual is entitled to benefits under this...

Section 2712.5. - 2712.5. (a) If, in a disputed coverage proceeding under Section...

Section 2713. - 2713. In proceedings under this part the claimant, upon a...

Section 2714. - 2714. All medical records of the department obtained under this...

ARTICLE 5 - Overpayments

Section 2735. - 2735. Any person who is overpaid any amount as benefits...

Section 2735.1. - 2735.1. If the director finds that an individual has been...

Section 2735.5. - 2735.5. No claim of overpayment shall be based upon the...

Section 2736. - 2736. The Director of Employment Development shall determine the amount...

Section 2737. - 2737. (a) Within 30 days from the date of mailing...

Section 2738. - 2738. The Appeals Board shall review an appeal from an...

Section 2739. - 2739. The Director of Employment Development, subject to this article,...

Section 2739.1. - 2739.1. An abstract of judgment obtained pursuant to subdivision (a)...

Section 2739.2. - 2739.2. (a) If an abstract has been recorded as provided...

Section 2739.5. - 2739.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,...

Section 2740. - 2740. No person shall be liable for the amount of...

Section 2741. - 2741. Any claim of lien filed with the Workmen’s Compensation...

Section 2742. - 2742. The director shall enforce collection of any judgment obtained...

ARTICLE 6 - Rights of Trainees

Section 2765. - 2765. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this part the benefit...

Section 2766. - 2766. “Military service” as used in this article means active...

Section 2767. - 2767. “Trainee” as used in this article means an individual...

Section 2768. - 2768. When any trainee has an unexpired benefit year for...

Section 2769. - 2769. The filing of a valid claim for disability benefits...

Section 2770. - 2770. Except when subdivision (b) of Section 2611 is applicable,...

Section 2771. - 2771. No disqualification shall be applied to any trainee after...

Section 2772. - 2772. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this part, any trainee...

ARTICLE 7 - Rights of Industrially Disabled Persons

Section 2775. - 2775. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this part, the benefit...

Section 2776. - 2776. As used in this article: (a) “Industrially disabled person”...

Section 2777. - 2777. Except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 2611,...

Section 2778. - 2778. No disqualification shall be applied to any industrially disabled...

CHAPTER 2.4 - Nonindustrial Disability Insurance for State Employees

Section 2781. - 2781. Except as provided in this chapter and Chapter 2.5...

Section 2782. - 2782. (a) The provisions of Chapter 4 (commencing with Section...

Section 2783. - 2783. (a) Nonindustrial disability benefits are payable by the Controller...

CHAPTER 4 - Contributions

Section 2901. - 2901. Each individual performing services for an employer in employment...

Section 2902. - 2902. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, any individual...

Section 2903. - 2903. The time, procedure, manner of payment and collection of...

CHAPTER 5 - Financial Provisions

ARTICLE 1 - Disability Fund

Section 3001. - 3001. (a) The Unemployment Compensation Disability Fund is continued in...

Section 3002. - 3002. The State Treasurer is the treasurer of the Disability...

Section 3003. - 3003. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), all surplus...

Section 3004. - 3004. The Disability Fund consists of all contributions required of...

Section 3005. - 3005. All money received from the Federal Government for disability...

Section 3006. - 3006. There shall be no further transfer of money from...

Section 3008. - 3008. All money collected under Section 984 shall be deposited...

Section 3009. - 3009. Refunds, credits, or judgments, and interest thereon, payable for...

Section 3010. - 3010. Any amounts determined by the director or his authorized...

Section 3011. - 3011. Whenever any warrant is drawn on an account in...

Section 3012. - 3012. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all...

Section 3013. - 3013. A sum to be determined by the Director of...

Section 3014. - 3014. Withdrawals by the director from the Disability Fund for...

Section 3015. - 3015. The department shall have priority to occupy any space...

ARTICLE 2 - Disability Administration Account

Section 3051. - 3051. There is a Disability Administration Account within the Disability...

ARTICLE 3 - Disability Benefit Payment Account

Section 3075. - 3075. The director shall, without presenting vouchers and itemized statements,...

CHAPTER 6 - Voluntary Plans

Section 3251. - 3251. An employer, a majority of the employees employed in...

Section 3252. - 3252. (a) Except as provided by subdivision (b) of this...

Section 3253. - 3253. Except as provided in this part, an employee covered...

Section 3254. - 3254. The Director of Employment Development shall approve any voluntary...

Section 3254.1. - 3254.1. (a) For the purposes of this section, “small-business-third-party administrator”...

Section 3254.5. - 3254.5. A voluntary plan in force and effect at the...

Section 3255. - 3255. When workers are engaged in an employment that normally...

Section 3256. - 3256. During the effective period of a plan approved under...

Section 3257. - 3257. Whenever eighty-five percent (85%) of the employees to whom...

Section 3258. - 3258. If a voluntary plan does not provide for the...

Section 3259. - 3259. Whenever an approved voluntary plan is insured by an...

Section 3260. - 3260. An employer may, but need not, assume all or...

Section 3260.5. - 3260.5. (a) All deductions from the wages of an employee...

Section 3261. - 3261. All employee contributions and income arising therefrom received or...

Section 3262. - 3262. (a) The Director of Employment Development may terminate any...

Section 3263. - 3263. (a) An employee is no longer covered by an...

Section 3264. - 3264. If any employer or insurer wholly or partially denies...

Section 3265. - 3265. (a) If, on appeal, it is decided that an...

Section 3266. - 3266. The director shall in accordance with his or her...

Section 3267. - 3267. Employers whose employees are participating in an approved voluntary...

Section 3268. - 3268. The Director of Employment Development shall, in accordance with...

Section 3269. - 3269. The director shall in accordance with his or her...

Section 3270. - 3270. The provisions of subdivision (i) of Section 3254 and...

Section 3271. - 3271. (a) The director shall approve any amendment to a...

Section 3272. - 3272. The provisions of Article 9 (commencing with Section 1176)...

CHAPTER 7 - Paid Family Leave

Section 3300. - 3300. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 3301. - 3301. (a) (1) The purpose of this chapter is to...

Section 3302. - 3302. On and after July 1, 2014, for purposes of...

Section 3302.1. - 3302.1. (a) For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Covered active...

Section 3302.2. - 3302.2. For purposes of this chapter, a “qualifying exigency related...

Section 3303. - 3303. (a) On and after July 1, 2014, only if...

Section 3303.1. - 3303.1. (a) An individual is not eligible for family temporary...

Section 3304. - 3304. Eligible workers shall receive benefits in accordance with provisions...

Section 3305. - 3305. If the director finds that any individual falsely certifies...

Section 3306. - 3306. (a) The director may request additional medical evidence to...

Section 3307. - 3307. (a) When an employee requests for the first time...

Section 3308. - 3308. (a) In addition to English, the department shall distribute...