7100 Employment Development Department
Program Descriptions

22 - CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE APPEALS BOARD

The California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board (Appeals Board) is a quasi-judicial agency whose primary purpose is to conduct impartial hearings and issue prompt decisions to resolve disputed unemployment and disability determinations, and EDD tax liability assessments. The Appeals Board consists of seven members, five appointed by the Governor and one each by the Senate Rules Committee and the Speaker of the Assembly.

The Appeals Board reviews appeals from the decisions rendered by field judges in the state's regional offices. In addition, the Appeals Board may designate its decisions as precedent decisions, which constitute the foundations of the various benefit programs that fall within the Appeals Board's jurisdiction.

The Governor's Budget proposes to restructure the second level appeals review process by eliminating the Appeals Board and its seven members and replacing it with the Unemployment Insurance Appeals Bureau within the EDD.