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    • Unemployment Benefits
    • Step 1: Get Your Information in Order
    • Step 2: Apply
    • Step 3: Register in CalJOBS
    • Step 4: Review Benefit Documents
    • Step 5: Certify for Benefits
    • Step 6: Receive Your First Payment
    • Step 7: Continue to Certify
    • Step 8: End Your Benefits
    • Determinations and Eligibility
    • Appeals
    • Overpayments and Penalties
    • Disability Insurance Benefits
    • Step 1: Get Your Information in Order
    • Step 2: Apply
    • Step 3: Have a Medical Certification Completed
    • Step 4: Review Benefit Documents
    • Step 5: Receive Your First Payment
    • Step 6: Manage Benefits
    • Step 7: End Your Benefits
    • Eligibility Requirements
    • Appeals
    • Paid Family Leave Benefits
    • Step 1: Get Your Information in Order
    • Step 2: Apply
    • Step 3: Submit Required Documents
    • Step 4: Review Benefit Documents
    • Step 5: Receive Your First Payment
    • Step 6: Manage Benefits
    • Step 7: End Your Benefits
    • Eligibility Requirements
    • Appeals
    • Physicians and Practitioners
    • Employers
    • Employers Portal
    • Payroll Taxes
    • Payroll Tax Seminars
    • Calendar – Payroll Tax Due Dates
    • Payroll Taxes – Forms and Publications
    • Work Sharing
    • Work Opportunity Tax Credit
    • Hiring and Training Services for Employers
    • Unemployment Insurance Employer Information
    • State Disability Insurance Employer Information
    • Job Services Portal
    • CalJOBS
    • America's Job Center of California
    • Job Fairs and Workshops
    • Veterans Services
    • Employer Information
    • Workforce Partner Information
    • Labor Market Information
    • News Releases and Helpful Links
    • Benefiting Californians Blog
    • EDDNext Modernization Updates
    • Public Records Request
    • Quick Statistics
    • Labor Market Information
    • Unemployment Data Dashboard

Preface - Table of Contents

PR 5 INTRODUCTION

A. Purpose of the Benefit Determination Guide
B. Derivation of the Benefit Determination Guide
C. Scope of the Benefit Determination Guide
D. How to Use the Benefit Determination Guide

PR 10 MAKING THE DETERMINATION

A. Purpose of the Determination Interview
B. Issue - Defined
C. Determination – Defined
D. Role of the Determinations Interviewer
E. Resources
F. The Fact-Finding Process
G. Who Has to Prove What?
H. Weighing the Facts
I. Making a Decision

PR 15 EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS

A. Employment as a Contract
B. "Conditional" Contracts
C. Contract Formation
D. Summary

PR 20 DUE PROCESS

A. History of "Due Process"
B. "Due Process of Law," Defined
C. Requirement of "State Action"
D. What Process is Due?

PR 25 FEDERAL LAWS

A. The Civil Rights Act
B. The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA)
C. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
D. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN)
E. The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA)

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