Cal. Codes » Unemployment Insurance Code / DIVISION 1. UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY COMPENSATION / PART 1. UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION / CHAPTER 5. Unemployment Compensation Benefits / ARTICLE 3. Filing, Determination, and Payment of Unemployment Compensation Benefit Claims
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Cal. Unemployment Insurance Code § 1342 (2026)

Filing, Determination, and Payment of Unemployment Compensation Benefit Claims

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Any waiver by any person of any benefit or right under this code is invalid, except as provided by Sections 1255.7, 1342.1, 1345, and 2630. Benefits under this code, incentive payments provided by Division 2 (commencing with Section 5000), and payments to an individual under a plan or system established by an employer which makes provisions for his or her employees generally, or for a class or group of his or her employees, for the purpose of supplementing unemployment compensation benefits, are not subject to assignment, release, or commutation, except as provided by Sections 1255.7, 1342.1, 1345, and 2630. Any agreement by any individual in the employ of any person or concern to pay all or any portion of the contributions required of his or her employer under this division is void.

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Cited in 3 cases, 1974–1997 · leading case: Kruger v. Wells Fargo Bank, 521 P.2d 441 (Cal. 1974).
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Kruger v. Wells Fargo Bank, 521 P.2d 441 (Cal. 1974). “or unemployment compensation disability benefits .... Such benefits or payments, prior to actual payment, shall be exempt without filing a claim of exemption, as provided in Section 690.”
Garg v. People ex rel. State Bd. of Equalization, 53 Cal. App. 4th 199 (Cal. Ct. App. 1997). “) Unemployment Insurance Code section 1342 provides, among other things, that benefits under that code are not subject to assignment, release or commutation, except for purposes of enforcing a child support obligation or a tax, or for voluntary payments into another…”
Citroen Cars Corp. v. Unemployment Ins. Appeals Bd., 107 Cal. App. 3d 945 (Cal. Ct. App. 1980). “” Unemployment Insurance Code Section 1342 provides in pertinent part: “Any waiver by any person of any benefit or right under this code is invalid.”
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