Precedent Decisions N – S

This index organizes precedent decisions around a key word or phrase. The “Subject” category is a broad area relevant to the law surrounding the issue. The “Sub-Category” is a further division of the issues related to the “Subject.”

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Subject	Sub-Category		Precedent Decision Numbers
Negligence	Discharge		P-B-014, P-B-193
	False statement		P-R-029, P-B-065, P-B-224, P-R-338
	Procedural		P-D-130
Nolo Contendre			P-B-090, P-B-443
Notice	Adequacy		P-B-494
	Charges to reserve account		P-T-079, P-T-302, P-T-407, P-T-488
	Claim:
	Employer right to receive		P-B-042, P-B-359, P-R-363
	Protest requirements		P-B-042, P-B-050, P-T-079, P-R-107, P-R-371, P-R-372, P-T-407, P-R-432
	Timeliness		P-R-107, P-R-146, P-R-363, P-R-370, P-R-371, P-R-372, P-T-407
	Computation of benefits		P-T-079, P-B-349, P-B-352, P-T-488
	Hearing		P-T-056, P-B-133, P-T-302, P-B-414, P-B-483
	Jurisdiction		P-B-494, P-B-496
	Potential overpayment		P-B-438, P-B-439
	Rights		P-D-394, P-B-482, P-B-491
	Waiver of		P-T-302, P-B-445, P-B-494
Offer of Work	Burden		P-B-490
	Compared to transfer		P-B-044
	Compared to voluntary quit		P-B-044, P-B-123
	Requirement for		P-B-006, P-B-310, P-B-311, P-B-315
Overpayment	Duplicative benefits		P-B-128, P-B-368, P-B-392
	Equity and good conscience		P-B-128, P-B-368, P-B-377, P-B-392, P-D-402, P-B-438
	False statement		P-B-021, P-B-060, P-B-069, P-B-123, P-B-369, P-B-436
	Fault		P-B-114, P-B-361, P-B-368, P-D-402, P-B-418
	Lien on worker compensation claim		P-D-328
	Notice of potential liability for		P-B-438, P-B-439
	Offset		P-B-361, P-B-369
	Penalty		P-B-436, P-B-442, P-B-474
	Time limitation for assessment		P-M-345, P-D-487
	Waiver generally		P-B-361, P-B-392
Overtime			P-D-055
Part-Time Work	Able and/or available for work		P-B-172, P-B-313, P-B-409
	Most recent work		P-B-268
	Refusal of work		P-B-159, P-B-314, P-B-316, P-B-317
	Rulings		P-R-122
	Unemployed		P-B-201
	Voluntary leaving		P-B-301, P-R-380
Partially Employed Individual			P-B-174
Parties to an Appeal			P-D-007, P-R-038, P-B-042, P-B-050, P-R-363, P-B-421, P-B-483
Partnership			P-T-105, P-B-111, P-T-405
Penalty	Extent of		P-R-029, P-R-340, P-R-343, P-T-407, P-T-489, P-T-495
	Overpayment		P-B-436, P-B-442
	Right to waive		P-T-030, P-T-105
	What constitutes		P-T-074
Pensions			P-B-444
Personal Liability	Corporate liabilities		P-T-446
	Partnership liabilities		P-T-105
Petition for Reassessment	Answer to		P-T-425
	Compared to request for refund		P-T-023, P-T-031, P-T-056
	Conversion to request for refund		P-T-105
	Time limits		P-T-023, P-T-364
	Untimely		P-T-035
Petition for Review, Time Limits			P-T-364
Polygraph			P-B-194
Postmark, Effect of			P-T-035, P-B-354
Precedent Decisions		Appeals Board adoption	P-T-013, P-B-144, P-B-168, P-B-300
		Invalidating regulations	P-B-084, P-B-443, P-B-448
		Regulations overriding precedents	P-D-469
		Relationship to court decisions	P-B-151
Preemption			P-T-104
Presumptions		Government performs its official duty	P-D-098, P-B-210, P-B-262, P-B-319, P-R-468, P-B-478
		Individual intends consequences of voluntary act	P-B-115
		Innocent of crime or wrongdoing	P-B-194, P-B-224, P-B-261
		Lack of good cause by failure to call	P-B-393
		Leaving without notice is without good cause	P-R-086, P-R-376
		Overcoming presumption	P-B-126, P-B-262
		Postmark is mailing date	P-B-354
		Professional is not employee	P-T-404, P-T-450
		Rebuttable or conclusive	P-B-126
		Separation not disqualifying under Section 1256	P-B-126
		Service for another is employment	P-T-100
Prevailing Wage			P-B-182, P-B-204, P-B-244, P-B-258, P-B-305, P-B-320
Privacy			P-B-454, P-B-470
Prompt Payment of Benefits			P-B-349
Protest to Computation of Wages			P-T-079, P-B-349, P-B-352
Protest to Statement of Charges			P-T-079, P-T-302
Proximate Cause			P-B-065, P-B-106, P-B-192, P-B-215, P-B-224
Purging Disqualification	Bona fide employment		P-B-005, P-B-059, P-B-165, P-B-272
	Effective date of disqualification		P-B-433
	Treatment program		P-B-465
Quit	Abandonment of job		P-R-376
	Actual reason for leaving		P-B-008, P-B-096, P-B-229, P-B-245, P-B-271
	Compared to offer of new work		P-B-044, P-B-264
	Constructive leaving:
	General		P-B-194, P-B-471
	Incarceration:
	Conviction		P-B-045, P-B-261, P-B-289
	Failure to call employer		P-B-226
	24 hours, definition of		P-B-443
	Violation of probation		P-B-050
	Loss of automobile insurance		P-B-471
	Loss of driver’s license		P-B-288, P-B-423
	Union dues, refusal to pay		P-B-290
	Good cause:
	Acceptance of conditions when hired		P-B-110, P-B-291
	Anticipation of discharge/layoff		P-B-228, P-B-456
	Breach of employment contract		P-B-126, P-B-296
	Desirous of retaining employment		P-B-235
	Domestic or family concerns:
	Child care		P-B-237, P-B-246, P-B-256, P-B-266
	Family-general		P-B-209
	Parents		P-B-096, P-B-238, P-B-248
	Spouse		P-B-202, P-B-239
	Early retirement		P-B-479
	Fault		P-B-110
	Follow spouse/domestic partner		P-B-044, P-B-058, P-B-081, P-B-082, P-B-145, P-B-230, P-B-242, P-B-249, P-B-334, P-B-497
	General		P-B-027, P-B-101, P-B-296, P-B-366
	Health		P-B-096, P-B-117, P-B-131, P-B-144, P-B-225, P-B-253, P-B-254, P-B-263, P-B-274, P-B-276, P-B-287, P-B-295
	Intentions of employer		P-R-279
	Living out of area		P-B-208, P-B-240
	Looking for work		P-B-011
	New or second job:
	Apprenticeship		P-R-283
	Better		P-R-091, P-B-123, P-R-136, P-R-207, P-R-278, P-R-380
	Falls through		P-B-277
	Firm offer vs. possibility		P-R-015, P-B-277, P-B-366
	Promise of rehire		P-R-279
	Stop-gap		P-R-278
	Temporary		P-R-278
	Two jobs		P-R-038
	Personal affairs:
	Funds needed		P-B-274
	Legal proceedings		P-B-273
	Move to new locality		P-B-251, P-B-299
	Personal business		P-B-037
	Pregnancy		P-B-254
	Reasonable belief		P-B-298
	Retirement		P-B-097, P-B-479
	School		P-B-284
	Self-employment		P-B-005, P-B-270, P-B-271
	Sexual harassment		P-B-475
	Spouses work for same employer		P-B-239
	Subjective vs. objective		P-B-117, P-B-248, P-B-298
	Transferred to distant locality		P-B-427
	Transportation		P-B-025, P-B-232, P-B-233, P-B-235, P-B-236, P-B-242, P-B-245, P-B-249, P-B-262
	Violation of Labor Code		P-B-008, P-B-457
	Wage reduction		P-B-088, P-B-124, P-B-127, P-B-240, P-B-286, P-B-296, P-B-301
	Working conditions		P-B-514
	General		P-B-102, P-B-307
	Health and safety		P-B-144, P-B-263, P-B-298
	Job dissatisfaction		P-B-258, P-B-297
	Relations with co-workers		P-B-297
	Relations with supervisors		P-B-126, P-B-138, P-B-139, P-B-229, P-B-300, P-B-307, P-B-382, P-B-475
	Wages and hours		P-B-027, P-B-280, P-B-281, P-B-291, P-B-294, P-B-301
Negation of good cause		P-B-514
Change in situation		P-B-123
Gap between employment		P-R-136
Leave of absence		P-B-094, P-B-246, P-B-247, P-B-248, P-B-253, P-B-256, P-B-258, P-B-287
Notice of dissatisfaction		P-B-008, P-B-457
Reasonable measures		P-B-457, P-B-475
Transfer		P-B-008, P-B-044, P-B-246, P-B-287
Period of disqualification		P-B-005, P-B-059
Withdrawal of resignation		P-B-123, P-B-382
Reasonable Assurance	Customary vacation/recess period		P-B-412, P-B-417, P-B-431
	Legislative intent		P-B-412, P-B-417
	“Reasonable” assurance		P-B-431, P-B-501, P-B-504
	Reduction in school year		P-B-412, P-B-417, P-B-431
	Successive terms		P-B-440
	Terms and conditions of offer		P-B-461
Reasonable Person			P-B-103, P-B-475
Redetermination			P-B-128, P-B-314, P-B-350, P-B-367, P-B-439, P-B-441
Refund of Taxes	Compared to petition for reassessment		P-T-023, P-T-031, P-T-056
	Right to hearing		P-T-056, P-T-105
Refusal of Work	Good cause:
	Burden		P-B-490
	Domestic concerns		P-B-304
	Employed part-time		P-B-314
	Health		P-B-263, P-B-307
	Hours		P-B-147, P-B-159, P-B-220, P-B-316
	Loss of union membership		P-B-322
	Part-time offer		P-B-316, P-B-317
	Personal preference		P-B-323
	Prior experience		P-B-134, P-B-263, P-B-324, P-B-326
	Prospects for other job		P-B-315
	Recall or reemployment		P-B-034, P-B-326
	Safety		P-B-325
	Transportation/travel time		P-B-075, P-B-220, P-B-240, P-B-248, P-B-303, P-B-318
	Union membership or agency fee		P-B-070, P-B-318
	Working conditions		P-B-307, P-B-317, P-B-324, P-B-326
	What constitutes refusal:
	Disinterest		P-B-309, P-B-312
	Preclusion of offer by claimant’s act		P-B-075, P-B-092
	Reporting intoxicated		P-B-308
	Timing of start date		P-B-440
Registration for Work			P-B-205, P-B-351
Regulations	Appeals Board right to invalidate		P-B-084, P-B-443, P-B-448
	Reasonableness		P-B-084, P-B-374, P-B-443, P-B-448
	Used to override precedents		P-D-469
Reimbursable Employer			P-T-407, P-B-414, P-T-447
Reinstatement	Offer-effect on benefits		P-R-029
	Request for-requirement		P-B-353
	Trade dispute-offer to return		P-B-401
Relief From Benefit Charges Against Reserve Account			P-T-079
Religious Institutions			P-T-336
Religious Restrictions			P-B-001, P-B-017
Reopening Appeal or Petition	By appellant		P-T-056, P-T-118, P-B-365
	By respondent		P-B-393, P-B-421, P-B-453, P-B-481
	Inadequate Notice		P-B-494
	Late		P-B-481
	Good cause		P-B-498
Res Judicata			P-B-367, P-B-408, P-B-421, P-B-486
Reserve Account	Correction of error		P-T-158
	Protest to charges		P-T-079, P-T-302, P-T-407, P-T-488
	Transfer		P-T-033, P-T-064, P-T-158
Residuals			P-B-022, P-B-156, P-B-422, P-B-429
Retraining	Extension of training benefits		P-B-466, P-B-482
	Reduction in labor market for claimant’s regular work		P-B-109
Retroactivity of Legislation			P-B-436, P-B-460, P-B-464, P-T-489
Right to Jury Trial			P-T-023
Ruling	Bifurcation from determination		P-B-421, P-B-424, P-B-481
	Burden of proof		P-R-015, P-R-085, P-R-086, P-R-279
	Claimant right to appeal		P-B-424
	Compared to determination		P-B-231, P-R-340, P-B-421, P-B-424, P-R-432, P-B-481
	Duty of inquiry		P-R-085
	Interrelationship to Section 1256		P-R-091, P-R-207
	New or second job:
	Apprenticeship		P-R-283
	Better		P-R-091, P-B-123, P-R-136, P-R-207, P-R-278
	Falls through		P-B-277
	Firm offer		P-R-015, P-B-277
	Promise of rehire		P-R-279
	Stop-gap		P-R-278
	Temporary		P-R-278
	Two jobs		P-R-038
	Part-time employees		P-R-015, P-R-085, P-R-512
	Right to:
	Additional claim		P-B-359
	After ALJ decision		P-B-421, P-B-481
	Extended claim		P-R-363
	General		P-R-340, P-R-432
	Protest requirements:
	Any eligibility information		P-R-432
	Information acquired after notice of claim		P-R-107
	Must respond to first notice		P-T-079, P-R-107, P-B-359, P-R-371, P-R-372, P-T-407
	Reimbursable employer		P-B-414
	Substantial compliance		P-B-050,
	Untimely		P-R-107, P-R-146, P-R-363, P-R-370
	Student summer work		P-B-063 P-B-065
Sales	Employment		P-T-002, P-B-059, P-T-329, P-T-330, P-T-331, P-T-346
	Of business		P-T-142, P-T-158, P-B-264
	Unemployed		P-B-201
School Employees	Church-operated college		P-T-336
	Customary vacation/recess period		P-B-412, P-B-417, P-B-431
	Legislative intent		P-B-412, P-B-417
	“Reasonable” assurance		P-B-431, P-B-501, P-B-504
	Reduction in school year		P-B-412, P-B-417, P-B-431
	Successive terms		P-B-440
	Terms and conditions of offer		P-B-461
Seamen			P-B-106, P-B-110, P-B-212, P-B-285, P-B-289, P-B-322
Search and Seizure			P-B-057, P-B-454, P-B-470
Seek Work	Adequacy		P-B-196, P-B-197, P-B-235, P-B-236, P-B-242
	Compared to available for work		P-B-062, P-B-292
	Customary methods of obtaining work		P-B-176
	Reasonable instruction		P-B-062, P-B-176, P-B-292
Self-Employment	Available for work		P-B-176
	Employment		P-B-005, P-B-156, P-B-210
	Unemployed		P-B-201
Self-Incrimination			P-B-153
Seniority			P-B-092
Severance Pay	General		P-B-047
	Other post-termination payments		P-B-004, P-B-043, P-B-477
Sexual Harassment			P-B-475
Sick Leave			P-D-041
Some Work			P-B-156
Statement of Charges, Protest to			P-T-079, P-T-302, P-T-488
Statute of Limitations			P-T-489
Statutory construction			P-D-012 P-B-059, P-T-064, P-B-409, P-T-411, P-B-466, P-T-489
Students	Availability		P-B-109, P-B-313
	Rulings		P-B-063, P-B-065
	Voluntary leaving		P-B-284
Substantial Compliance	Claims procedures		P-B-050, P-B-137
	Other		P-T-105, P-B-181, P-T-425
Suitable Work	Compared to available for work		P-B-198, P-B-200, P-B-490
	Duty of Department		P-B-006
	Offer:
	Compared to transfer		P-B-044
	Compared to voluntary quit		P-B-044, P-B-123
	Requirement for		P-B-006, P-B-310, P-B-311, P-B-315
	Period of disqualification		P-B-318
	Referral to		P-B-075, P-B-134, P-B-305, P-B-311
	Refusal:
	Good cause:
	Burden		P-B-490
	Domestic concerns		P-B-304
	Employed part-time		P-B-314
	Health		P-B-263, P-B-307
	Hours		P-B-147, P-B-159, P-B-220, P-B-316
	Loss of union membership		P-B-322
	Part-time offer		P-B-316, P-B-317
	Personal preference		P-B-323
	Prior experience		P-B-134, P-B-263, P-B-324, P-B-326
	Prospects for other job		P-B-315
	Recall or reemployment		P-B-034, P-B-326
	Safety		P-B-325
	Transportation/travel time		P-B-075, P-B-220, P-B-240, P-B-248, P-B-303, P-B-318
	Union membership or agency fee		P-B-070, P-B-318
	Working conditions		P-B-307, P-B-317, P-B-324, P-B-326
	What constitutes refusal:
	Disinterest		P-B-309, P-B-312
	Preclusion of offer by claimant’s act		P-B-075, P-B-092
	Reporting intoxicated		P-B-308
	Timing of start date		P-B-440
	Suitability:
	Doubts as to		P-B-134, P-B-305, P-B-316, P-B-323, P-B-324
	General		P-B-134
	Hours		P-B-147, P-B-159
	Non-union work		P-B-322
	Prevailing wage		P-B-204, P-B-320
	Unrelated to prior experience		P-B-306, P-B-316
	Vacate due to trade dispute		P-B-319
	Wages generally		P-B-306, P-B-321

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