Total and Partial Unemployment TPU 370.15 - Reason for Decision

Public Office

Enter Code Section shown below, issue WGS, and Reason for Decision TP370.15 with the appropriate letter.

I. DISQUALIFICATION

A. Services Performed Full-Time (Section 1252)

You performed your duties as a public official during the period from ________ through ________. As you were performing these duties on a full-time basis, you were not unemployed during the above period.

B. Earns XE (Section 1252)

The $________ you received for performing services as a public official, is wages for the week(s) ending ________.

II. ELIGIBLE

AA. Public Official - Not XE (Section 1279)

You state the claimant may not be eligible for benefits because of his/her duties as a public official. Available information shows that the claimant is performing these duties on a part-time basis. Therefore, he/she is entitled to reduced benefits.

BB. Elected City Official - Payments Not Wages (Section 1279)

You state the claimant may not be eligible for benefits because of his/her duties as an elected city official. Available information shows that he/she is performing these duties on ·a part-time basis. Payments made by a city of California for part-time services, incidental to an elected public office, are not considered wages for unemployment insurance purposes.