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 individual ineligible for unemployment benefits if the individual left work because of a trade dispute and specifies that the individual remains ineligible for the duration of the trade dispute. Existing 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 3 weeks of a trade dispute for an employee who left work because of the trade dispute. The bill would also codify specified 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 bill's 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.

Statutes affected:
AB 1066: 1262 UIC
02/21/19 - Introduced: 1262 UIC
03/26/19 - Amended Assembly: 1262 UIC
04/22/19 - Amended Assembly: 1262 UIC
04/30/19 - Amended Assembly: 1262 UIC
08/30/19 - Amended Senate: 1262 UIC
AB1066: 1262 UIC