California EDD Will Require Proof of Job Search To Collect Benefits Beginning In July
California will stop giving unemployment benefits to people who are not actively applying for jobs, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration has announced.
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California will stop giving unemployment benefits to people who are not actively applying for jobs, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration has announced.
With federal COVID-19 aid pouring into states like California, businesses there could be spared billions of dollars of higher taxes in coming years, potentially freeing up money to spend on employees or invest in their operations.
California extended its slow but steady economic recovery in April, adding more than 100,000 jobs for the third consecutive month, officials said Friday.
Right when the restaurant and retail industries are bouncing back with customers returning as COVID restrictions ease, many businesses are facing a new hurdle: hiring employees to fill open positions.
California employers added 119,600 new jobs in March, the second straight month of growth following a topsy-turvy year of enormous losses and inconsistent gains during an unpredictable pandemic.
The latest California new unemployment claim numbers are the first real sign the state's economy is recovering. What is unknown is how many small businesses will bounce back.
Two people, including an inmate at a prison in the Central Valley, have pled guilty in connection with a scheme defrauding the California Employment Development Department (EDD) out of $100,000 in COVID-19 unemployment benefits.
While there are increasing signs of California's economy picking up steam as it emerges from pandemic-related stagnation, a new jobs report out Thursday shows that much of the state's economy is still sputtering.
California added 141,000 jobs in February as more than a quarter of a million people returned to the workforce, state officials announced Friday.
Numbers released Friday by the Employment Development Department show the nation's most populous state lost 69,900 jobs in January.
In the wake of billions of dollars lost to fraud, a group of California lawmakers unveiled legislation Thursday designed to overhaul the state's troubled Employee Development Department (EDD) unemployment payment program.
Lawmakers are turning up the spotlight on the massive EDD and Bank of America problems relating to unemployment insurance benefits.
California's unemployment agency might have overpaid millions of people since March after it stopped enforcing some eligibility rules so they could process claims faster, according to a new audit released Tuesday.
Sophisticated hackers, identity thieves and overseas criminal rings stole over $11 billion in unemployment benefits from California last year, but the extent of the fraud might grow far larger.
More than a million unemployed Californians were asked to re-verify their identities by the state's Employment Development Department and saw payments suspended right before the new year.
California's unemployment rate edged up nearly 1 percentage point last month as the state shed more than 52,000 jobs led by the pandemic-hobbled restaurant and lodging industries.
Imagine discovering one day that your bank account has been hijacked by an imposter who has stolen all your money. It's the latest twist in a hacking epidemic involving unemployment debit cards that KPIX 5 was first to expose last fall.
With businesses being forced to shut down amid COVID shelter orders across the state, unemployment claims are at their highest level in months. The latest numbers show California jobless claims have risen to nearly 178,000.
A backlog of unemployment applications is piling up while a benefits scam could potentially cost California $2 billion, yet the state is failing to stop either, according to two state lawmakers.
The proposed $908 billion coronavirus relief package is gaining traction in Congress. But will it be enough, and will it come in time?
Prosecutors believe more than $140 million in state benefits have been paid out to California prisoners. This comes on the heels of another big problem with unemployment insurance benefits from the California Employment Development Department (EDD).
A California prosecutor says someone has filed an unemployment claim in the name of convicted murderer Scott Peterson.
California's beleaguered restaurant and hospitality industry rebounded in October, adding 66,000 jobs as the unemployment rate in the nation's most populous state dipped below 10% for the first time since the pandemic upended its economy in March.
Something very scary is happening to thousands of unemployed Californians who receive their government benefits through a Bank of America debit card - their accounts are getting drained by fraudsters.
At least 350,000 debit cards filled with money for unemployment benefits in California have been frozen because of suspected fraud, state officials said.
