SAN DIEGO — There were a lot of questions and a few answers Tuesday during a live, town-hall meeting with EDD, California's unemployment agency. Frustration was boiling over EDD’s lack of ...

PHASE THESE THINGS INTO PLACE. CALIFORNIA’S SELF-EMPLOYED AND INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS CAN NOW APPLY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. TODAY, THE STATE STARTED ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS UNDER A NEW PROGRAM CALLED ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's Employment Development Department was called on the legislative carpet as more claims come in and the once shrinking backlog of old claims grows again. EDD's ...

As of June, the department is in the process of hiring over 4,800 new staff to help with processing claims, and has paid over $22 billion in benefits within the last three months. Loree Levy with ...

Hundreds of you have told us about your struggles to get unemployment benefits through California's EDD. That's why we will be hosting a livestream Thursday, October 15 at 1 p.m. with an expert from ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A group of 59 state lawmakers demanded to know why Bank of America is draining EDD bank accounts, our sister station KGO-TV reported. The bank did not provide answers by a Tuesday ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Our 7 On Your Side team gets a lot of questions about the California EDD and filing for unemployment - especially amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. We've compiled some of ...

WEBVTT ANOTHER 2.5 BILLION DOLLARS WILL GO TO PROTECTING THE DELTA. AND $1 BILLION WILL BE SPENT FOR CLEAN DRINKING WATER. WAKING CHANGE FOR CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAS NOW LED TO A FEDERAL ACTION AT EDD ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. As unemployment benefits for thousands of Californians start to expire, ...

Obamacare’s computers aren’t the only government systems struck by major glitches. Two months after a California Employment Development Department computer crash cut off tens of thousands of ...

After a lengthy delay, California's gig workers, the self-employed, independent contractors and freelancers can now apply for unemployment insurance benefits. On April 28, the state started accepting ...