Unemployment Insurance Code section 1252.1

With respect to individuals hired as commercial fishermen a “totally unemployed individual” means an individual who, during a particular week, while still attached to his employer from the standpoint that there did not occur any severance of the employer-employee relationship, earned no wages and performed no services because his employer’s boat was tied up for one or more of the following reasons:

(a)

Inclement weather.

(b)

Absence of fish in fishable waters.

(c)

Lack of orders for fish from buyers.

(d)

Boat is laid up for repairs.

Source: Section 1252.1, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=UIC§ionNum=1252.­1.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1961; accessed Dec. 29, 2025).

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