A confusingly worded prompt on the EDD's biweekly certification questionnaire is leaving some unemployed Californians with their benefits stuck as "pending" for weeks. Every two weeks, those on ...

"Because of EDD's failures, our constituents are depleting their life savings, going into extreme debt, having trouble paying rent and putting food on the table," said Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Californians have shared their frustrations with the Employment Development Department (EDD), and thousands of workers still haven't received their unemployment benefits amid ...

California lawmakers approved an emergency audit of the Employment Development Department. In a letter sent Thursday to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Chair Rudy Salas Jr., Democratic assembly ...

Since the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of San Diegans have relied on unemployment benefits from the state of California. Now, many people are worried a notice they received from the state ...

After five months of waiting, the United States Department of Labor is finally sending help to over-burdened unemployment departments across the country. This includes California's struggling ...

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We’re over a year into a deadly pandemic that has cost hundreds of thousands of Californians their jobs, and caused claims for unemployment benefits to soar into the millions. President Biden signed ...

Laid-off workers, independent contractors, gig workers, freelancers, and self-employed individuals may be eligible to receive unemployment benefits from the Employment Development Department (EDD) of ...