Section 3251-1 - Application for Approval of a Voluntary Plan(a) An employer or a majority of the employees employed in this state by an employer, or both, may apply to the department for approval of a voluntary plan for the payment of disability benefits to the employees so electing. Such applications shall be submitted in such manner and on such forms as may be prescribed by the department and must be filed with the department not later than the requested effective date of the plan, which time may be extended by the department not to exceed a period of seven days and provided the insurer or self-insurer submits evidence of assumption of the risk as of the requested effective date.(b) The employer or a group of employees may appoint an admitted insurer or any other person, group or association to act as a representative in matters relating to the voluntary plan; provided, however, that such appointment shall not deprive the employer, the group of employees or any individual employee, or any such employee's duly authorized representative of the right of self-representation before the department.(c) As used in this part the term "disability benefits" means "unemployment compensation disability benefits" as the latter term is defined in Section 140.5 of the code. Unless clearly otherwise provided in the code or this part the provisions of the code and of this part applying to the rights of individuals eligible for disability benefits payable from the Disability Fund are equally applicable to disability benefits payable under a voluntary plan.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, §§ 3251-1
1. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b) filed 4-1-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 14). Note: Authority cited: Sections 305, 306 and 2602, Unemployment Insurance Code. Reference: Section 3251, Unemployment Insurance Code.
1. Amendment of subsections (a) and (b) filed 4-1-82; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 14).