California 2019 2019-2020 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB1066 Amended / Bill

Filed 04/30/2019

                    Amended IN  Assembly  April 30, 2019 Amended IN  Assembly  April 22, 2019LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1066, as amended, Gonzalez. Unemployment insurance: trade disputes: eligibility for benefits. Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits and extended benefits to eligible individuals who meet specified requirements.Under existing law, unemployment benefits are paid from the Unemployment Fund, which is continuously appropriated for these purposes. Existing law makes an employee individual ineligible for unemployment benefits if the employee individual left work because of a trade dispute and specifies that the employee individual remains ineligible for the duration of the trade dispute. Existing caselaw case law holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits.This bill would restore eligibility for unemployment benefits after the first 2 4 weeks of a trade dispute for an employee who left work because of a the trade dispute. The bill would specify that the one-week waiting period otherwise required for unemployment benefits is not additionally required under these circumstances. The bill would also codify specified caselaw case law that holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits. The bill would specify that the bills provisions do not diminish eligibility for benefits of individuals deprived of work due to an employer lockout or similar action, as specified.Because this bill would expand the categories of people eligible to receive benefits from a continuously appropriated fund, it would make an appropriation.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: YES  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1262 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:1262. (a) An individual

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 30, 2019 Amended IN  Assembly  April 22, 2019LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1066, as amended, Gonzalez. Unemployment insurance: trade disputes: eligibility for benefits. Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits and extended benefits to eligible individuals who meet specified requirements.Under existing law, unemployment benefits are paid from the Unemployment Fund, which is continuously appropriated for these purposes. Existing law makes an employee individual ineligible for unemployment benefits if the employee individual left work because of a trade dispute and specifies that the employee individual remains ineligible for the duration of the trade dispute. Existing caselaw case law holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits.This bill would restore eligibility for unemployment benefits after the first 2 4 weeks of a trade dispute for an employee who left work because of a the trade dispute. The bill would specify that the one-week waiting period otherwise required for unemployment benefits is not additionally required under these circumstances. The bill would also codify specified caselaw case law that holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits. The bill would specify that the bills provisions do not diminish eligibility for benefits of individuals deprived of work due to an employer lockout or similar action, as specified.Because this bill would expand the categories of people eligible to receive benefits from a continuously appropriated fund, it would make an appropriation.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: YES  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1262 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:1262. (a) An individual

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 30, 2019 Amended IN  Assembly  April 22, 2019LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1066, as amended, Gonzalez. Unemployment insurance: trade disputes: eligibility for benefits. Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits and extended benefits to eligible individuals who meet specified requirements.Under existing law, unemployment benefits are paid from the Unemployment Fund, which is continuously appropriated for these purposes. Existing law makes an employee individual ineligible for unemployment benefits if the employee individual left work because of a trade dispute and specifies that the employee individual remains ineligible for the duration of the trade dispute. Existing caselaw case law holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits.This bill would restore eligibility for unemployment benefits after the first 2 4 weeks of a trade dispute for an employee who left work because of a the trade dispute. The bill would specify that the one-week waiting period otherwise required for unemployment benefits is not additionally required under these circumstances. The bill would also codify specified caselaw case law that holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits. The bill would specify that the bills provisions do not diminish eligibility for benefits of individuals deprived of work due to an employer lockout or similar action, as specified.Because this bill would expand the categories of people eligible to receive benefits from a continuously appropriated fund, it would make an appropriation.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: YES  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1262 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:1262. (a) An individual

Amended IN  Assembly  April 30, 2019
Amended IN  Assembly  April 22, 2019
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1066, as amended, Gonzalez. Unemployment insurance: trade disputes: eligibility for benefits. Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits and extended benefits to eligible individuals who meet specified requirements.Under existing law, unemployment benefits are paid from the Unemployment Fund, which is continuously appropriated for these purposes. Existing law makes an employee individual ineligible for unemployment benefits if the employee individual left work because of a trade dispute and specifies that the employee individual remains ineligible for the duration of the trade dispute. Existing caselaw case law holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits.This bill would restore eligibility for unemployment benefits after the first 2 4 weeks of a trade dispute for an employee who left work because of a the trade dispute. The bill would specify that the one-week waiting period otherwise required for unemployment benefits is not additionally required under these circumstances. The bill would also codify specified caselaw case law that holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits. The bill would specify that the bills provisions do not diminish eligibility for benefits of individuals deprived of work due to an employer lockout or similar action, as specified.Because this bill would expand the categories of people eligible to receive benefits from a continuously appropriated fund, it would make an appropriation.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: YES  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1262 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:1262. (a) An individual

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1066, as amended, Gonzalez. Unemployment insurance: trade disputes: eligibility for benefits. 

Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits and extended benefits to eligible individuals who meet specified requirements.Under existing law, unemployment benefits are paid from the Unemployment Fund, which is continuously appropriated for these purposes. Existing law makes an employee individual ineligible for unemployment benefits if the employee individual left work because of a trade dispute and specifies that the employee individual remains ineligible for the duration of the trade dispute. Existing caselaw case law holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits.This bill would restore eligibility for unemployment benefits after the first 2 4 weeks of a trade dispute for an employee who left work because of a the trade dispute. The bill would specify that the one-week waiting period otherwise required for unemployment benefits is not additionally required under these circumstances. The bill would also codify specified caselaw case law that holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits. The bill would specify that the bills provisions do not diminish eligibility for benefits of individuals deprived of work due to an employer lockout or similar action, as specified.Because this bill would expand the categories of people eligible to receive benefits from a continuously appropriated fund, it would make an appropriation.

Existing law provides for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits and extended benefits to eligible individuals who meet specified requirements.

Under existing law, unemployment benefits are paid from the Unemployment Fund, which is continuously appropriated for these purposes.

 Existing law makes an employee individual ineligible for unemployment benefits if the employee individual left work because of a trade dispute and specifies that the employee individual remains ineligible for the duration of the trade dispute. Existing caselaw case law holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits.

This bill would restore eligibility for unemployment benefits after the first 2 4 weeks of a trade dispute for an employee who left work because of a the trade dispute. The bill would specify that the one-week waiting period otherwise required for unemployment benefits is not additionally required under these circumstances. The bill would also codify specified caselaw case law that holds that employees who left work due to a lockout by the employer, even if it was in anticipation of a trade dispute, are eligible for benefits. The bill would specify that the bills provisions do not diminish eligibility for benefits of individuals deprived of work due to an employer lockout or similar action, as specified.

Because this bill would expand the categories of people eligible to receive benefits from a continuously appropriated fund, it would make an appropriation.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1262 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:1262. (a) An individual

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 1262 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:1262. (a) An individual

SECTION 1. Section 1262 of the Unemployment Insurance Code is amended to read:

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