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Labor/Employment,
California Courts of Appeal

Sep. 28, 2020

Ruling corrects troubling unemployment insurance claim trend

The 1st District Court of Appeal has issued an opinion one hopes will make it easier for some workers to obtain benefits where they have been improperly denied.

Mai Linh Spencer

Associate Clinical Professor of Law
UC Hastings College of the Law

Labor & Employment

200 McAllister Street
San Francisco , CA 94102-4707

Phone: (415) 565-4743

Fax: (415) 565-4743

Email: spencerm@uchastings.edu

New York Univ Law School

At a time when more Californians than ever have sought unemployment benefits, and the state agency charged with distributing those benefits, the Employment Development Department, has come under fire for delay and incompetence, the 1st District Court of Appeal has issued an opinion one hopes will make it easier for some workers to obtain benefits where they have been improperly denied. In $95

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