An employee is fired for repeated, documented misconduct such as theft. When that worker files for unemployment, the likely result is:

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Unemp. Ins. Code §1256 disqualifies a claimant discharged for misconduct connected with the work, and Amador narrows that to a willful or wanton disregard of the employer's interests - not mere poor performance, inefficiency or good-faith errors of judgment, which is why documentation of repeated, deliberate conduct matters so much. (a) is the belief that UI is automatic on separation. (d) confuses a benefit disqualification with a criminal referral; theft may well be prosecuted, but that is a separate proceeding and the UI question is only eligibility. (c) invents a penalty against the employer. An employer that cannot document the misconduct usually loses the §1256 issue and takes the charge against its reserve account.