Glick v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board

Opinion

TOBRINER, Acting C. J.

This case presents the issue whether under section 1253, subdivision (c), of the Unemployment Insurance Code an applicant who is ready and willing to work, but'whose status as a student necessarily curtails her availability for work, is eligible for unemployment benefits.1 Section 1253, subdivision (c), provides that an unemployed individual is eligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits with respect to any week only if he is “able to work and available for work” for that week.

In the instant case, the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board…