How to check the status of your unemployment benefits application . Once your application is received, the EDD will send you several documents, including a Notice of Unemployment Insurance Award ...

In May 2020, California rolled out the unprecedented federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program for self-employed workers, which the EDD later blamed for 95% of the state’s COVID-era fraud.

California’s unemployment rate was the nation’s highest in February, ... according to EDD. ... The state’s unemployment rate for the first quarter of this year is expected to drop.

California’s unemployment rate was the nation’s highest in February, as the high cost of living and the loss of construction, machinery and agriculture jobs hit hard.

Above, a runner passes the office of California's Employment Development Department in Sacramento in December, 2021. If you get laid off, there’s a system that’s supposed to help you get by ...

One California family is haunted by their youngest son’s increasingly frantic — and futile — attempts to break through the EDD’s jammed unemployment lines.

California unemployment checks: Why they’re often so hard to get A new report finds the program's orientation toward businesses led the department to emphasize holding down costs.

The EDD’s own data shows that the number of rejected unemployment claims has climbed steadily since the pandemic surge, to more than 1.9 million claims rejected from March 2020 through October 2023.

The EDD’s own data shows that the number of rejected unemployment claims has climbed steadily since the pandemic surge, to more than 1.9 million claims rejected from March 2020 through October 2023.

Workers need lifeline but struggle to get it . The lawsuit, Okamura v. Employment Development Department, has highlighted a longstanding issue in California’s unemployment insurance system.

California’s unemployment rate was the nation’s highest in February, as the high cost of living and the loss of construction, machinery and agriculture jobs hit hard.