California Code of Regulations › Title 22 - Social Security › Division 1 - Employment Development Department › Subdivision 1 - Director of Employment Development › Division 1 - Unemployment and Disability Compensation › Part 1 - Unemployment Compensation › Chapter 5 - UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS › Article 1 - ELIGIBILITY AND DISQUALIFICATIONS › Section 1251-1 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms used
							 in these regulations relating to unemployment compensation benefits shall have
							 the following meaning:
(a) "Applicant"
						  means any individual who applies for employment services or registers for
						  work.
(b) "Base period employer"
						  means an employer by whom wages for employment were paid to a claimant during
						  his or her base period.
(c)
						  "Benefits" means the compensation payable to an individual, with respect to his
						  or her unemployment, under the unemployment compensation law of any state or
						  the federal government.
(d)
						  "CalJOBS" means the department's Internet labor exchange system where claimants
						  register for employment assistance by completing a resume.
(e) "Claimant" means an individual who files
						  a new claim with the department until such time as his or her claim is found
						  invalid, or the expiration of his or her benefit year, extended duration
						  period, or extended benefit period.
(f) "Department field office" or "department
						  branch office" means an office maintained by the Employment Development
						  Department in accordance with Sections
						  2054 and
						  2055 of the code.
(g) "Maximum benefits" means the maximum
						  total amount of benefits payable to a claimant during his or her benefit
						  year.
(h) "Register for work" means
						  a claimant provides the department with information to include, but not limited
						  to, name, social security number, date of birth, mailing address and/or
						  telephone number.
(i) "Weekly rate"
						  means the weekly benefit amount payable for a week of total unemployment to a
						  claimant during his or her benefit year.
(j) "Social Security Number," "Social
						  Security Account Number," "SSAN" and "SSN" all mean the 9-digit account number
						  issued by Social Security Administration to an individual for the purpose of
						  recording that individual's earnings or for use by that individual when
						  required by federal law to receive a benefit or service.
(k) "Social Security Number Verification"
						  means verification of the social security number, received by the department
						  from the claimant, by either submission of a copy of his or her annual
						  statement issued to him or her by the Social Security Administration, or by
						  verification of that individual's social security number submitted to the
						  department directly from the Social Security Administration.
(l) "Photo Identification" means an official
						  document issued by a local, state, or federal agency, or a foreign government,
						  which contains an individual's photograph, first and last name, and date of
						  birth.
(m) "Date of Birth
						  Verification" means a birth certificate issued by a local, state, or federal
						  agency, or a foreign government, or other official certification of that
						  individual's birth. A birth certificate marked "informational, not a valid
						  document to establish identity," is not acceptable verification.
(n) "Address Verification" means an original
						  utility bill (e.g. electricity, gas, garbage, water, or sewer), a bill for
						  cable TV, telephone bill, insurance document or other correspondence from a
						  bank or similar institution, a current residential rental or lease agreement;
						  or a mortgage statement; provided the document shows that individual's name and
						  residence address. If that individual does not have a residence address but has
						  a Post Office Box or a Personal Mail Box, address verification will consist of
						  the individual providing proof that he or she is the renter or the authorized
						  user of the box.
(o) "Employment
						  Data" means a copy of that individual's Wage and Tax Statement (Form W-2),
						  issued within the last 12 months, or a check stub or pay statement issued by
						  that individual's employer within one year prior to the date that individual
						  first filed a claim for unemployment compensation benefits. The check stub or
						  pay statement must contain that individual's first name or initial, last name,
						  that individual's social security number, the name of that individual's
						  employer, the date the check stub or pay statement was issued, or the pay
						  period for which the check stub or pay statement was issued.
1.
							 Amendment filed 11-23-70; designated effective 12-3-70 (Register 70, No.
							 48).
2. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 2-8-74; effective
							 thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No. 6).
3. Amendment filed
							 3-28-79; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No.
							 13).
4. Amendment of subsections (c)-(e) filed 1-28-82; effective
							 thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 5).
5. Amendment filed
							 7-21-2003 as an emergency; operative 7-21-2003 (Register 2003, No. 30). A
							 Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-18-2003 or emergency
							 language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
							 day.
6. Certificate of Compliance as to 7-21-2003 order transmitted
							 to OAL 11-7-2003 and filed 12-24-2003 (Register 2003, No.
							 52).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
								305
								and
								306,
								Unemployment Insurance Code. Reference: Section
								1251,
								Unemployment Insurance Code.