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2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 9.5 - Employment for Older Workers › Section 2078.

2078. The age limitations of the apprenticeship programs in which the State participates shall not be considered discriminatory within the meaning of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1623.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2101.

2101. (a) It is a violation of this chapter to willfully make a false statement or representation, to knowingly fail to disclose a material fact, or to use a false name, false social security number, or other false identification to obtain, increase, reduce, or defeat any benefit or payment, whether for the maker or for any other person, under any of the following statutes administered by the department:
(1) The provisions of this division.
(2) The provisions of any unemployment insurance law of the federal government.
(3) The provisions of any training allowance law of the federal government.
(4) The provisions of any trade readjustment allowance law of the federal government.
(5) The provisions of any other allowance law of the federal government.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the applicability of Section 470 of the Penal Code to any acts or omissions which violate this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 397, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2101.5.

2101.5. It is a violation of this chapter to willfully make a false statement or representation or knowingly fail to disclose a material fact for the purpose of lowering or avoiding any contribution required of the maker or other person, or to avoid becoming or remaining subject to this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2101.6.

2101.6. (a) It is a violation of this chapter for any person or business entity to procure, counsel, advise, or coerce anyone to willfully make a false statement or representation, or to knowingly fail to disclose a material fact in order to lower or avoid any contribution or to avoid being or remaining subject to this division.
(b) It is a violation of this chapter for any person or business entity to willfully aid or assist anyone in making a false statement or representation, or in knowingly failing to disclose a material fact, in order to lower or avoid any contribution, or to avoid being or remaining subject to this division.
(c) For purposes of this section, “business entity” means a partnership, corporation, association, limited liability company, or Indian tribe, as described in Section 3306(u) of Title 26 of the United States Code, or any other legal entity.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 117, Sec. 8. (AB 1695) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2102.

2102. (a) It is a violation of this chapter for any person residing in this state to willfully make a false statement or representation or knowingly fail to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase benefits or payments under the provisions of the unemployment insurance law of any other state.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the applicability of Section 470 of the Penal Code to any acts or omissions which violate this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2103.

2103. It is a violation of this chapter for any employing unit or any officer or agent of an employing unit to make a greater deduction from the wages of a worker than the contribution required of such worker under this division, for the purpose of paying any contribution required under this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2104.

2104. It is a violation of this chapter for any employing unit or any officer or agent of an employing unit to willfully and unlawfully fail to appear, testify, or produce books, papers, and records, required at any hearing under this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2105.

2105. It is a violation of this chapter for any employing unit or any officer or agent of an employing unit, to willfully and unlawfully fail or neglect to make available required records for the inspection of the director or his authorized representatives at any reasonable time during business hours.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2106.

2106. It is a violation of this chapter for any employing unit, or any officer or agent of an employing unit, to willfully and unlawfully fail or neglect to furnish to the director reports required by him when necessary for the enforcement of this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 8.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2107.

2107. It is a violation of this chapter for any employing unit, including a manager or managing member of a limited liability company, or any officer or agent of an employing unit or any individual to connive or conspire to aid such individual to obtain benefits to which he or she is not entitled by the willful withholding of information or by the willful failure to report any relevant information.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1200, Sec. 85. Effective September 30, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2108.

2108. It is a violation of this chapter for any person to willfully fail or refuse to make any contributions which are due under this division.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 10.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2109.

2109. The executive officer, general manager, or any other person having charge of the affairs of a corporation, association, or limited liability company who willfully fails to register such corporation, association, or limited liability company as an employing unit, or willfully fails to submit contribution returns, earning reports, or other returns and reports required by this division, or by authorized regulations, is in violation of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1200, Sec. 86. Effective September 30, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2110.

2110. Any employing unit, including any individual member of a partnership employing unit, any officer of a corporate or association employing unit, any manager or managing member of a limited liability company, or any other person having charge of the affairs of a corporate, association, or limited liability company employing unit, that knowingly withholds the deductions required by this division from remuneration paid to its workers, and willfully fails or is willfully financially unable to pay such deductions to the department on the date on which they become delinquent is in violation of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1200, Sec. 87. Effective September 30, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2110.3.

2110.3. Any employing unit, including any individual member of a partnership employing unit, any officer of a corporate or association employing unit, any manager or managing member of a limited liability company, or any other person having charge of the affairs of a corporate, association, or limited liability company employing unit, that knowingly undertakes or agrees to pay without deduction from remuneration paid to its workers the amount of any contributions to the Disability Fund required of the workers under this division and that willfully fails or is willfully financially unable to pay the amount to the department on the date on which the contributions become delinquent is in violation of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1200, Sec. 88. Effective September 30, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2110.5.

2110.5. Any employing unit, including any individual member of a partnership employing unit, any officer of a corporate or association employing unit, any manager or managing member of a limited liability company, or any other person having charge of the affairs of a corporate, association, or limited liability company employing unit, that willfully fails to withhold in trust the deductions required by this division from remuneration paid to its workers, except where such employing unit undertakes or agrees to pay without deduction from the wages of its workers the amount of worker contributions required of its workers under this division, is in violation of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1200, Sec. 89. Effective September 30, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2110.7.

2110.7. Any employing unit, including any individual member of a partnership employing unit, any officer of a corporate or association employing unit, any manager or managing member of a limited liability company, or any other person having charge of the affairs of a corporate, association, or limited liability company employing unit, that knowingly undertakes or agrees to pay without deduction from remuneration paid to its workers the amount of any contributions to the Disability Fund required of such workers under this division and that willfully fails to hold in trust the amount of worker contributions required of such workers under this division is in violation of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1200, Sec. 90. Effective September 30, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2111.

2111. Except as otherwise provided in Section 1094, and except with respect to information furnished by the department in connection with its participation as a party or as a lien claimant in a judicial or administrative proceeding, information obtained in the course of administration of this division is confidential and shall not be published or open to public inspection in any manner. Any officer or employee of the state (including its political subdivisions), or any former member, officer or employee or other individual, who in the course of his or her employment or duty has or had access to returns, reports, or documents maintained under this division, who violates this section is in violation of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 16.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2112.

2112. Unless otherwise specified in subdivision (b) of Section 2101 or in Section 2114, 2115, or 2116, every person who willfully violates any provision of this division or any authorized regulation promulgated or published in accordance with this division, is in violation of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 17.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2113.

2113. Nothing in this division shall prevent the department from accepting restitution or an acceptable arrangement for restitution, made voluntarily before the department files a criminal complaint under Section 2101 or 2102, for overpayment of benefits from any person, who has not previously claimed any right under this section, who has not been convicted of an offense under Section 2101 or 2102 within three years preceding the service under this section of a written notice of intent to file a criminal complaint and who has willfully made a false statement or representation or knowingly failed to disclose a material fact to obtain or increase any benefit under any provision of this division. The department shall by mail or personal service give the person written notice of intent to file a criminal complaint under Section 2101 or 2102 not less than 10 days prior to the filing of the criminal complaint. The department may accept restitution or an arrangement for restitution and any such acceptance shall be in lieu of any criminal action against the person, except that the department shall not be precluded from filing a criminal action against any person who defaults under an arrangement for restitution which it has accepted. For purposes of this section, no period of time during which an arrangement for restitution is in effect shall be a part of any limitation of the time for commencing a criminal action. The department shall deposit amounts received from any person under this section in the fund from which the overpayments were made.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 18.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2114.

2114. Any individual who, with the intent to defraud, reports or registers a fictitious employer or fictitious employee, and fictitious wages, to the department in order to obtain benefits or increase any benefit or payment, whether for the maker or for any other person, is in violation of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 18.5.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2115.

2115. Any employing unit or any officer or agent of an employing unit who, with the intent to defraud, falsely reports the amount of wages earned by an employee or who falsely reports the time period in which wages are earned by an employee for the purpose of obtaining or increasing any benefit amount for that employee, is in violation of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 19.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2116.

2116. It is unlawful to do any of the following:
(a) Falsely certify the medical condition of any person in order to obtain disability insurance benefits, including family temporary disability insurance benefits, whether for the maker or for any other person.
(b) Knowingly present or cause to be presented any false or fraudulent written or oral material statement in support of any claim for disability insurance including family temporary disability insurance benefits.
(c) Knowingly solicit, receive, offer, pay, or accept any rebate, refund, commission, preference, patronage, dividend, discount, or other consideration, whether in the form of money or otherwise, as compensation or inducement for soliciting a claimant to apply for disability insurance including family temporary disability insurance benefits unless the payment is lawful pursuant to Section 650 of the Business and Professions Code.
(d) Knowingly assist, abet, solicit, or conspire with any person who engages in an unlawful act under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 901, Sec. 1.5. Effective January 1, 2003. Operative January 1, 2004, by Sec. 7 of Ch. 901.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2117.

2117. Any person who, with or without intent to evade any requirement of this code or any lawful requirement of the department under this code, fails to file any return or report, or to supply any information required by this code or who, with or without like intent, makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is liable for a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), and is also guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or be imprisoned for not more than one year, or both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1049, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2117.5.

2117.5. Any person who, within the time required by this code, willfully fails to file any return or report, or to supply any information with intent to evade any tax imposed by this code, or who, willfully and with like intent, makes, renders, signs, or verifies any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement or supplies any false or fraudulent information, is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or in the state prison, or by a fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1049, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2118.

2118. Any person or employer who, with or without intent to evade, fails to withhold, pursuant to Section 13020, or fails to pay over any tax withheld, is guilty of a misdeameanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined an amount not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 22.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2118.5.

2118.5. Any person required by this code to collect, account for, and pay over any tax or amount required to be withheld who willfully fails to collect or truthfully account for and pay over the tax or amount shall, in addition to other penalties provided by law, be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined an amount not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or imprisoned pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 597. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2119.

2119. Any person or employer required under Section 13050 to furnish a statement who willfully furnishes a false or fraudulent statement or who willfully fails to furnish a statement in the manner, at the time, and showing the information required under Section 13050, or regulations prescribed thereunder, is in violation of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 23.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2120.

2120. Any individual required to supply information to his or her employer under Section 13040, 13041, or 13042, who willfully supplies false or fraudulent information, or who willfully fails to supply information thereunder which would require an increase in the tax to be withheld under Section 13020, is in violation of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 24.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2121.

2121. Any person who willfully aids or assists in, or procures, counsels, advises, or coerces anyone in the preparation or presentation under, or in connection with any matter arising under, this code, of a return, report, affidavit, claim, or other document, that is fraudulent or is false as to any material matter, whether or not the falsity or fraud is with the knowledge or consent of the person authorized or required to present the return, report, affidavit, claim, or document is in violation of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1050, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2122.

2122. Except as provided in Sections 2117, 2117.5, 2118, and 2118.5, a violation of this chapter is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed one year, or in the state prison, or by a fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 26.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2122.5.

2122.5. Any fine imposed by the court pursuant to this chapter, except for fines imposed under Sections 2101 and 2102, shall be paid to the office of the prosecutor bringing the complaint, but if the case was referred to the prosecutor by the department, or some other governmental unit, one-half of the criminal fine shall be paid to that governmental unit.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 604, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2123.

2123. The certificate of the department to the effect that a return or report has not been filed or that information has not been supplied as required by Division 6 (commencing with Section 13000) is prima facie evidence that the return or report has not been filed or that the information has not been supplied.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1049, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2124.

2124. The place of trial for offenses enumerated in this chapter shall be in the county of residence or principal place of business of the defendant or defendants, or in any county where the defendant or defendants were transacting business that resulted in the alleged offenses, except that if the defendant has no residence or principal place of business in this state, the trial shall be held in the County of Sacramento.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 392, Sec. 4. (AB 2538) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2126.

2126. Any person or employing unit convicted under this chapter may be charged the costs of investigation and prosecution at the discretion of the court.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 30.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2127.

2127. The prosecutor may, with the consent of the department, compromise any penalty for which he or she may bring an action under this chapter. The penalties provided by this chapter are additional to all other penalties provided in this code and Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 724, Sec. 30.5.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2128.

2128. Any employer or agent of an employer who provides a wage statement or similar document to any undocumented worker or former undocumented worker at that person’s request for the purpose of documenting that person’s eligibility for legalization pursuant to the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act (Public Law 99-603), shall not be liable for any penalty or criminal or civil violation under this division relative to any undocumented worker or former undocumented worker based on any facts disclosed in the wage statement or similar document so provided.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the liability under any provision of law of any person who engages in the procurement or production of false or fraudulent wage statements or similar documents to any person for purposes of legalization under the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act.
This section does not apply to penalties assessed or criminal actions filed prior to May 1, 1987.
This section does not apply where the Employment Development Department, through independent means, discovers that an employer has withheld personal income tax and disability insurance contributions from workers’ paychecks and has not remitted those moneys to the department.
The immunity from liability pursuant to this section shall apply only to facts disclosed in the wage statement or similar document provided commencing on or after the effective date of this section and only until the date of the termination of the legalization provisions for agricultural and nonagricultural workers of the federal Immigration Reform and Control Act. However, the immunity from liability pursuant to this section shall continue until the cause of action is tolled by the applicable statute of limitations.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1363, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1987.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 10 - Violations › Section 2129.

2129. For the purposes of this chapter, “person” includes, a claimant for benefits and any officer, employee, director, partner, or agent having charge of the affairs of any employer or employing unit with regard to the violation which occurred. “Person” also includes both natural persons and legal entities. More than one person may be charged with violations under this chapter, where control of the affairs of the employing unit, or employer, is shared by more than one person.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1010, Sec. 8.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › 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 part for the wage loss sustained by any individual who is unable to work due to the employee’s own sickness or injury, the sickness or injury of a family member, or the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a new child, and to reduce to a minimum the suffering caused by unemployment resulting therefrom. This part shall be construed liberally in aid of its declared purpose to mitigate the evils and burdens that fall on the unemployed worker and his or her family.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 901) by Stats. 2003, Ch. 797, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2602.

2602. (a) Except as otherwise provided, the provisions and definitions of Part 1 (commencing with Section 100) of this division apply to this part. In case of any conflict between the provisions of Part 1 and the provisions of this part, the provisions of this part shall prevail with respect to unemployment compensation disability benefits, and the provisions of Part 1 shall prevail with respect to unemployment compensation benefits.
(b) The provisions of Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1501) of Part 1, of this division do not apply to this part.
(c) Sections 312, 318, 1251, 1253, 1253.3, 1254, 1255, 1262, 1279, 1326 to 1333, inclusive, 1339, 1340, 1375 to 1378, inclusive, and 1380 do not apply to this part.
(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 144, Sec. 2. Effective July 3, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2603.

2603. Disability benefits paid pursuant to this part shall not be charged against an employer’s account maintained pursuant to Article 4 of Chapter 4, Part 1 of this division.
(Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2604.

2604. Whenever the Director of Employment Development believes that a change in contributions rate or disability benefit amounts may become necessary to protect the solvency of the Disability Fund, he shall at once inform the Governor and the Legislature thereof and make recommendations accordingly. In such case the Governor may declare an emergency and authorize the Director of Employment Development to announce a modified scale of benefits or increased waiting period, or other changes in regulations regarding the eligibility for payment of benefits which the Director of Employment Development may deem necessary to assure the solvency of the Disability Fund; such modified regulations to be in effect until the Governor declares the emergency at an end or until further action is taken by the Legislature.
(Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1212, Sec. 209.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2605.

2605. If at any time the Secretary of Labor or other higher authority rules or determines that any section of this part is not in conformity with the provisions of Title III of the Social Security Act or Section 3302 and Section 3303 of the Federal Unemployment Tax Act by reason of any provision contained in this part, such section shall be immediately inoperative.
(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1184.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2606.

2606. “Employment” for the purposes of this part means:
(a) Service included in “employment” as defined by Part 1 (commencing with Section 100) of this division, except that with respect to service for any public entity as defined by Section 605 “employment” for the purposes of this part includes only:
(1) Service for a hospital established, maintained and operated pursuant to Division 23 (commencing with Section 32000) of the Health and Safety Code.
(2) Service performed for a public housing administration agency whether operated by state or local governmental subdivisions.
(3) Service performed by a state employee to the extent provided by Section 2781.
(4) Service covered under this part by an elective coverage agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, all service performed in the employ of a corporation, community chest, fund, or foundation, in connection with the operation of a health facility as defined in Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code including the institutions described in subdivision (a) of Section 1270 of the Health and Safety Code but not including county hospitals, no part of the net earnings of which inures to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual, no substantial part of the activities of which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, which does not participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office and which is exempt from income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, except service performed by an individual as a duly ordained priest, clergyman, rabbi, rector, vicar, pastor, or minister of religion, or by a practitioner who heals the sick by prayer in the practice of religion, or by a reader whose duty it is to conduct regular religious services of a religious organization, or by a member of a religious order in the exercise of duties required by the order, or by any other individual performing service in the practice of religion by designation of the governing body of a religious organization and subject to discipline by, including removal by, the governing body.
This section shall become operative on July 1, 1978.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 29, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2606.4.

2606.4. Notwithstanding Section 632, “employment” for purposes of this part also means service performed as a clerk-carrier in the employ of the United States Postal Service, to the extent Congress permits this part to be applicable to the postal service, and if Congress permits the states to require the postal service to withhold workers’ contributions and to transmit those contributions into a state fund for unemployment compensation disability benefits.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 694.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2606.5.

2606.5. (a) “Employment” for purposes of this part also means domestic service in a private home, local college club, or local chapter of a college fraternity or sorority performed for an employing unit which pays wages in cash of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) or more to individuals employed in such service during any calendar quarter in the calendar year or the preceding calendar year.
(b) “Employment” for purposes of this part also means domestic service comprising in-home supportive services under Article 7 (commencing with Section 12300) of Chapter 3 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, performed for an employing unit which pays wages in cash of seven hundred fifty dollars ($750) or more to individuals employed in such service during any calendar quarter in the calendar year or preceding calendar year, and is one of the following:
(1) The recipient of such services, if the state or county makes or provides for direct payment to a provider chosen by the recipient or to the recipient of such services for the purchase of services, subject to the provisions of Section 12302.2 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(2) The individual or entity with which a county contracts to provide in-home supportive services.
(3) Any county which hires and directs in-home supportive personnel in accordance with established county civil service requirements or merit system requirements for those counties not having civil service systems.
(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1025, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2608.

2608. (a) “Disability benefit period,” with respect to any individual, means the continuous period of unemployment and disability beginning with the first day with respect to which the individual files a valid claim for unemployment compensation disability benefits. For the purposes of this part, two consecutive periods of disability due to the same or related cause or condition and separated by a period of not more than 60 days shall be considered as one disability benefit period.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016.
(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 357, Sec. 2. (SB 667) Effective January 1, 2016. Section operative July 1, 2016, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2609.

2609. “Valid claim” means any claim for unemployment compensation disability benefits made in accordance with the provisions of this code and rules and regulations adopted thereunder if the individual is unemployed and disabled and has been paid wages in employment for employers necessary to qualify for benefits under Section 2652.
(Added by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1371.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2610.

2610. “Disability base period,” with respect to an individual who does not have an unexpired benefit year for unemployment compensation benefits, means for disability benefit periods beginning in October, November, or December, the four calendar quarters ended in the next preceding month of June; the disability base period for disability benefit periods beginning in January, February, or March, shall be the four calendar quarters ended in the next preceding month of September; the disability base period for disability benefit periods beginning in April, May, or June, shall be the four calendar quarters ended in the next preceding month of December; the disability base period for disability benefit periods beginning in July, August, or September shall be the four calendar quarters ended with the next preceding month of March.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 342. Effective January 1, 2005.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2611.

2611. “Disability base period,” with respect to an individual who has an unexpired benefit year for unemployment compensation benefits, shall be:
(a) The same as the disability base period in Section 2610 if the individual has sufficient qualifying earnings in that disability base period.
(b) The same as the base period used to establish the benefit year for unemployment compensation benefits if the individual does not have sufficient qualifying earnings in the disability base period in Section 2610.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1143.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2612.

2612. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 2611, in determining the benefit rights of any person who cannot establish a valid claim pursuant to Section 2652 because he or she is unemployed during the normal disability base period established pursuant to Section 2610, there shall be excluded from the disability base period those quarters during which the person performed no services in employment for 60 days or more and was actively seeking work. For all quarters so excluded, there shall be substituted an equal number of quarters immediately preceding the commencement of the normal disability base period. Benefit rights under this section shall terminate for any disability benefit period that begins when the substitution quarters no longer contain sufficient wages to establish a valid claim under Section 2652.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 904, Sec. 1. Effective September 13, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2613.

2613. (a) The Director of Employment Development shall develop and maintain a program of education concerning disability insurance rights and benefits.
(b) The director shall provide to each employer of employees subject to this part a notice informing workers of their disability insurance rights and benefits due to sickness, injury, or pregnancy. The notice shall be given by every employer to each new employee hired on or after June 1, 1988, and to each employee leaving work due to pregnancy or nonoccupational sickness or injury on or after July 1, 1989.
(c) Commencing January 1, 2004, the director shall provide to each employer of employees subject to this part a notice informing workers of their disability insurance rights and benefits due to the employee’s own sickness, injury, or pregnancy, or the employee’s need to provide care for any sick or injured family member, or the employee’s need to bond with a minor child within the first year of the child’s birth or placement in connection with foster care or adoption. The notice shall also instruct the employee to provide notification of the reason for taking leave in a manner consistent with company policy. The notice shall be given by every employer to each new employee hired on or after January 1, 2004, and to each employee leaving work on or after July 1, 2004, due to pregnancy, nonoccupational sickness or injury, or the need to provide care for any sick or injured family member, or the need to bond with a minor child within the first year of the child’s birth or placement in connection with foster care or adoption.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 901) by Stats. 2003, Ch. 797, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2004.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 2614.

2614. (a) The director shall report to the Assembly Committee on Insurance, Assembly Committee on Labor and Employment, and the Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement by June 30 of each year on the department’s fraud deterrence and detection activities.
(b) The department shall assess the effectiveness of the department’s system of cross matching claims against information about incarcerated individuals. The assessment shall include how regularly the department performs the cross matches, how successful the cross matches are in detecting and preventing fraud, and whether the cross matches negatively affect eligible claimants attempting to legally obtain benefits. The department shall include this assessment in its annual report on fraud deterrence and detection activities. Details on fraud methods and tools may be generalized, excluded, or redacted to protect the fraud deterrence practices of the department.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 510, Sec. 4. (AB 56) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 1 - Eligibility › Section 2625.

2625. Unemployment compensation disability benefits are payable from the Disability Fund to individuals who are eligible to receive such benefit payments under this part.
(Enacted by Stats. 1953, Ch. 308.)
2023 California Code › Unemployment Insurance Code - UIC › DIVISION 1 - UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION › PART 2 - DISABILITY COMPENSATION › CHAPTER 2 - Disability Benefits › ARTICLE 1 - Eligibility › Section 2626.

2626. (a) An individual shall be deemed disabled on any day in which, because of his or her physical or mental condition, he or she is unable to perform his or her regular or customary work.
(b) For purposes of this section, “disability” or “disabled” includes:
(1) Illness or injury, whether physical or mental, including any illness or injury resulting from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition.
(2) Inability to work because of a written order from a state or local health officer to an individual infected with, or suspected of being infected with, a communicable disease.
(3) Acute alcoholism being medically treated or, to the extent specified in Section 2626.1, resident status in an alcoholic recovery home.
(4) Acute drug-induced illness being medically treated or, to the extent specified in Section 2626.2, resident status in a drug-free residential facility.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 392, Sec. 5. (AB 2538) Effective January 1, 2011.)