Cervisi

Respondents Gisele R. Cervisi, Muriel Bartholomew, and other part-time, hourly employees of real party in interest San Francisco Community College District sought unemployment benefits for the period between fall and spring semesters when none of the respondents were working. Appellant Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board determined that the applicants were ineligible for benefits. In separate actions, Cervisi and Bartholomew obtained writs of administrative mandate to compel the board to set aside its decisions. The board appeals, contending that the respondents had reasonable assurances of employment precluding eligibility for unemployment benefits. We affirm the judgments.

I. Facts

In the fall of 1983, respondents Gisele R. Cervisi and others were employed as part-time, hourly instructors by real party San Francisco Community College District. At the end of the semester, they applied for unemployment benefits for the period between fall and spring semesters. The Employment Development Department approved some requests for benefits and denied others. Those whose requests were denied appealed the decision to appellant Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board. Hearings were…