California § 1032 - If it is ruled under Section 1030 or 1328 that the claimant left the employer

Full text of California Public Contract Code - PCC § 1032 — If it is ruled under Section 1030 or 1328 that the claimant left the employer, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 1032. If it is ruled under Section 1030 or 1328 that the claimant left the employer

If it is ruled under Section 1030 or 1328 that the claimant left the employer’s employ voluntarily and without good cause, or left under one of the following circumstances, benefits paid to the claimant subsequent to the termination of employment that are based upon wages earned from the employer prior to the date of the termination of employment shall not be charged to the account of the employer, except as provided by Section 1026 or if the department determines pursuant to Section 1026.1 that the employer’s reserve account should not be credited, unless the employer failed to furnish the information specified in Section 1030 within the time limit prescribed in that section or unless that ruling is reversed by a reconsidered ruling: (a) The claimant was discharged by reason of misconduct connected with his or her work. (b) The claimant was a student employed on a temporary basis and whose employment began within, and ended with his or her leaving to return to school at the close of, his or her vacation period. (c) The claimant left the employer’s employ to accompany his or her spouse or domestic partner to a place or to join him or her at a place from which it is impractical to commute to the employment, and to which a transfer of the claimant by the employer is not available. (d) The claimant left the employer’s employ to protect his or her family or himself or herself from domestic violence abuse. (e) The claimant left the employer’s employ to take a substantially better job. (f) The claimant’s discharge or quitting from his or her most recent employer was the result of an irresistible compulsion to use or consume intoxicants including alcoholic beverages. (g) For purposes of this section “spouse” includes a person to whom marriage is imminent, and “domestic partner” includes a person to whom a domestic partnership, as described in Section 297 of the Family Code, is imminent.

Source: official California text · Last verified 2026-08-27

Frequently Asked Questions About California § 1032

What does Public Contract Code - PCC § 1032 cover?

Section 1032 ("If it is ruled under Section 1030 or 1328 that the claimant left the employer") is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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