http://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Voluntar...orExtendaLeave
She will be denied for not extending her leave. She will then have a 5 x WBA requirement to requalify. She will have no job to go to to purge the disqualification. That's what will happen to her if you are wrong. Huge risk in my book.
If you're right, whether she files for a claim now, or waits until Oct 2 when this situation will probably come to an end, the quarters used in the base period will be exactly the same. So the point is, there is no reason not to wait until closer to Oct 2 before she feels like she has to make a decision.
You're really big on telling people to race out and just file the claim, and having looked up how TN works on 1/4 total base period wages, that might be really smart because a lost quarter in TN is a big deal. But in CA, the claim is based on 1/2 of base period wages. Losing a quarter is not that big a deal.
http://www.edd.ca.gov/uibdg/Miscellaneous_MI_5.htm
Found it:
Title 22, Section 1326-1(a), provides:
Any person who has become separated from his or her work, who is working on a part-time basis, or who is a partially unemployed individual may file a claim for benefits. . . .
If she files, she will cause a separation. There is no letting a claim sit unadjudicated as to the separation issue.
As per this from the above link:
•If the claimant files a claim while on a "true" leave of absence, eligibility is based on the reason for the leave.

