Molnar v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board

Opinion

SONENSHINE, J.

The California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, the California Employment Development Department (EDD), and A1 Lee, EDO’s director, appeal from a judgment granting Denis Charles Molnar’s petition for an administrative writ of mandamus. In this case of first impression, we are asked to define work requirements pursuant to Unemployment Insurance Code section 1277, 2 subdivision (a) in the context of an involuntarily terminated employee’s second claim for unemployment benefits.

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Xerox laid off Molnar in January 1994, offering him as part of a severance package a lump-sum…