Under existing law, unemployment compensation benefits are based on wages paid in a base period that is calculated according to the month within which the benefit year begins. Existing law provides that a weekly unemployment compensation benefit amount may be paid to an individual whose highest wages in the quarter of their base period exceeded $900, but a weekly benefit amount shall not exceed $450.
This bill would, until March 1, 2021, instead provide that once the temporary federal unemployment increase due to the COVID-19 outbreak has ceased, an individual's weekly benefit amount would be increased by $600, notwithstanding the weekly benefits cap.
Because this bill would expand the scope of payments from the Unemployment Disability Compensation Fund, which is continuously appropriated, it would make an appropriation.

Statutes affected:
AB1107: 4610.1 LAB
02/21/19 - Introduced: 4610.1 LAB
03/26/19 - Amended Assembly: 4610.1 LAB
04/22/19 - Amended Assembly: 4610.1 LAB
04/22/20 - Amended Senate: 4610.1 LAB
AB 1107: 4610.1 LAB