An individual is disqualified for federal-state extended benefits if the individual fails to actively engage in seeking work.

(a) For purposes of this section, an individual shall be treated as actively engaged in seeking work during any week if both of the following conditions are met:

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Terms Used In California Unemployment Insurance Code 4554

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.

(1) The individual has engaged in a systematic and sustained effort to obtain work during the week.

(2) The individual provides tangible evidence to the department that he or she has engaged in such an effort during the week.

(b) An individual shall not be disqualified under this section for any week in which the individual is in a training or retraining program under Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 1266) of Chapter 5 of Part 1.

(c) An individual shall not be disqualified under this section for any week solely because the individual is before any court of the United States or any state pursuant to a lawfully issued summons to appear for jury duty, or the individual is hospitalized for treatment of an emergency or life-threatening condition.

(Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 716, Sec. 6. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 4558.)