Unemployment Insurance Code section 603.5

“Employment” includes an individual’s entire service, wherever performed within the United States or Canada, if such service is not covered under the unemployment compensation law of any other state or Canada, and the place from which the service is directed or controlled is in this state.

Source: Section 603.5, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=UIC§ionNum=603.5. (updated Jan. 1, 1978; accessed Dec. 29, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/unemployment_insurance_code_section_603.5

Original Source: Section 603.5, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=UIC§ionNum=603.5. (last accessed May 12, 2025).