Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 855, Sec. 1. Effective September 5, 1984.
Article 5 - Elections for Financing Unemployment Insurance Coverage
California Unemployment Insurance Code — §§ 801-806
Sections (9)
Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 855, Sec. 2. Effective September 5, 1984.
To the extent permitted by federal law, a nonprofit organization which before the operative date of this section elected reimbursement financing pursuant to Section 801 and which has a favorable reserve account on the operative date of this section shall not be liable for the reimbursement of benefits pursuant to the election to the extent that the cost of benefits does not exceed the amount in the reserve account. Notwithstanding Section 1029, the reserve account shall not be canceled and the cost of benefits otherwise chargeable to the organization shall be charged to the reserve account until it is exhausted.
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 117, Sec. 3. (AB 1695) Effective January 1, 2018.
and after the first day of the calendar quarter in which the election is filed with the director, and shall continue in effect for not less than two full calendar years, unless the election is canceled by the director pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 803. Thereafter the election under Section 803 may be terminated as of January 1 of any calendar year only if the state or other public entity or Indian tribe, on or before the 31st day of January of that year, has filed with the director a written application for termination. The director may for good cause waive the requirement that a written application for termination shall be filed on or before the 31st day of January. Financing coverage by an election under Section 803 is not valid if it would establish any different method of financing
coverage for any calendar quarter where an election for coverage has also been made by the state or other public entity or Indian tribe under any provision of Article 4 (commencing with Section 701) of this chapter.
entity and Indian tribe, including an agent thereof, shall keep any work records as may be prescribed by the director for the proper administration of this division.
Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 513. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.
time, manner, and method of payment or advance payment or providing a good and sufficient bond to guarantee payment of contributions.
payment or providing a good and sufficient bond to guarantee payment of contributions by the members of joint accounts, on the cost of benefits charged in the manner provided by Section 1026.
under this section shall include credits of benefit overpayments actually collected by the department, unless the department determines that the payment was made because the entity, or an agent of the entity, was at fault for failing to respond timely or adequately to requests of the department for information relating to the individual claim for unemployment compensation benefits. The department shall make this determination when the entity or agent fails to respond timely or adequately in two instances relating to the individual claim for unemployment compensation benefits. This subdivision shall apply to benefit overpayments established on or after October 22, 2013.
from each entity for each calendar quarter, reduced or increased by any sum by which he or she finds that his or her estimates for any prior calendar quarter were greater or less than the amounts which should have been paid to the fund. The estimates may be made upon the basis of statistical sampling, or any other method as may be determined by the director.
Upon making that determination, the director shall give notice of the determination, pursuant to Section 1206, to the entity. The director may cancel any contributions or portion thereof that he or she finds has been erroneously determined.
The director shall charge to any special fund, that is responsible for the salary of any employee of an entity, the amount determined by the director for which the fund is liable pursuant to this section. The contributions due from the entity shall be paid from the liable special fund, the General Fund, or other liable fund to the
Unemployment Fund by the Controller or other officer or person responsible for disbursements on behalf of the entity within 30 days of the date of mailing of the director’s notice of determination to the entity. The director for good cause may extend for not to exceed 60 days the time for paying without penalty the amount determined and required to be paid. Contributions are due upon the date of mailing of the notice of determination and are delinquent if not paid on or before the 30th day following the date of mailing of the notice.
penalty of 10 percent of the amount of the contributions. If the entity fails to pay the contributions required on or before the delinquency date, the director may assess the entity for the amount required by the notice of determination. This subdivision does not apply to employers electing financing under Section 821, for amounts due after December 31, 1992.
interest required under this code, after notice to the tribe. After a termination, the Indian tribe may again make an election pursuant to this section, but only if it is not delinquent in the payment of contributions, bonds, advances, reimbursements, or applicable penalties or interest required under this code.
charged against any remaining balance of a prior reserve account used by the entity pursuant to Section 712 or 713. Any portion of the remaining balance shall be included in the reserve account of the entity following a termination of an election under this section which occurs prior to the expiration of a period of three consecutive years commencing with the effective date of the election. For purposes of Section 982, the period of an election under Section 803 shall, to the extent permitted by federal law, be included as a period during which a reserve account has been subject to benefit charges.
Added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 833.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, if an entity acquires or succeeds to another entity in any manner, the method of reimbursement financing, in lieu of contributions required of employers, elected by the acquiring entity shall apply to all service performed in the employ of the acquiring entity. The acquiring entity shall be liable for the reimbursement of all benefits chargeable to the entity acquired under any method of reimbursement financing elected by the entity acquired, except that this provision shall not apply to the acquisition of, or succession to, less than a total entity if the remainder of the entity partially acquired or succeeded to remains in existence. “Entity” as used in this section means any entity as defined by subdivision (a) of Section 803.
Amended by Stats. 1978, Ch. 2.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a nonprofit organization which elected reimbursement financing under Section 803 and which has acquired a previously accumulated favorable reserve account under Section 712 or 713 shall be liable for the reimbursement of benefits pursuant to such election for any benefits chargeable to the reserve account and based upon wages paid prior to such election, to the extent that such benefits exceed the previously accumulated favorable reserve account.
Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 514. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.
The director shall notify the United States Internal Revenue Service and the United States Department of Labor of the failure of any Indian tribe (as described by Section 3306(u) of Title 26 of the United States Code) to make a payment or post a bond as required under subdivision (b) of Section 803 within 90 days of the delinquency date of a notice to the tribe specifying the amount due under that subdivision. If the amount due is subsequently paid by the Indian tribe, the director shall notify the United States Internal Revenue Service and the United States Department of Labor of the satisfaction of the liability.
Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 457, Sec. 8. Effective September 9, 1987.
An unregistered organization described in Section 608, and which has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt under Section 501(a) as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, may elect reimbursement financing under Section 801 when the director finds that it has good cause for failing to register as an employer under this division. The election under Section 801 shall be from the time the organization became an employer. The organization shall, upon election, be liable for reimbursement of the cost of benefits chargeable to the organization from the time it became an employer. Payment of the cost of benefits shall be as provided in Section 803 except that benefits paid more than 30 days prior to the date of election under Section 801 shall accrue interest as provided in Section 1113. The election under Section 801 shall be subject to all provisions of Section 803.
Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1217, Sec. 4. Effective September 29, 1985.