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Precedent Decisions
This body of case law is developed through the CUIAB's adjudicatory process and contains the Appeals Board's definitive expression on unemployment, disability, and tax matters. These cases are known as precedent decisions. The Unemployment Insurance (UI) Code specifically authorizes the Board to consider, decide and designate as precedent decisions those cases that contain a significant legal or policy determination of general application that is likely to recur. CUIAB, its administrative law judges, and the EDD Director are controlled by these precedents, except as modified by judicial review.
Employers or claimants have the right to appeal most actions of the Employment Development Department (EDD) that adversely affect their interests. EDD's administrative appeals process is conducted by the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (CUIAB), a separate and independent agency. A hearing is held before an administrative law judge (ALJ); subsequent to the ALJ's decision, a further appeal may be filed to the CUIAB to review the ALJ's decision.
The CUIAB may designate certain of its decisions as precedent decisions. Except as modified by judicial review, precedent decisions are binding upon the EDD and the CUIAB's ALJs. To identify the subject matter covered in the precedent decisions, the precedents have been given a letter abbreviating the category:
For example: P-B-001 refers to Precedent Benefit Decision No. 1
The CUIAB publishes an index to provide the public knowledge of and access to the precedent decisions. That index, which actually consists of several different types of indexes, has been modified somewhat for use on the CUIAB Web site. In addition to the Foreword to the published Index of Precedent Decisions, the following indexes are available on this Web site:
Note: The social security numbers (SSNs) and employer account numbers of those involved in these decisions have been deleted for privacy. Occasionally, employee names and SSNs were listed separately in an appendix; where that occurred, the appendix has been deleted.