Sierra Sun Times

California Employment Development Department (EDD) Invests $3 Million to Support Workers and Businesses Affected by Valero Benicia Refinery Closure

What You Need to Know: California is investing $3 million to support workers and small businesses impacted by the planned ...
Sacramento Bee

California state auditor urges departments to tighten accounting controls

The Employment Development Department inaccurately estimated the amount of unemployment benefits paid to ineligible Californians in recent years, a recent report from the California State Auditor ...
KEYT

Californians receiving unemployment, disability, or Paid Family Leave benefits can now use direct deposit

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On Friday, the California Employment Development Department (EDD) announced that Californians receiving unemployment, disability, or Paid Family Leave benefit payments can now ...
Los Angeles Times

California’s new application for unemployment benefits is easier and faster to complete

Californians already grappling with the challenges that come with unemployment will no longer have to decipher a lot of jargon when applying for unemployment benefits, thanks to a simpler online ...

Labor Department launches investigation into California unemployment fraud allegations

In a letter sent to California’s Employment Development Department, the Department of Labor shared with state officials that it would soon be deploying a “strike team” to the state, ...
Government Technology

California’s EDD Hardens, Simplifies Its Benefits Security

The pandemic stress tested all sorts of boundaries for state government, not the least of which were the limits of its critical benefits systems, like those offered through the California Employment ...