New ID Verification tool helping Californians seeking unemployment benefits
EDD ends two-week reset period with gains on backlog SACRAMENTO – One day after opening their doors to new claims
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Disaster Unemployment Assistance benefits now available for those impacted by widespread fires in multiple California counties
SACRAMENTO – Federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits are now available for workers, business owners and self-employed individuals who lost
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Employment Development Department issues $67 billion of unemployment insurance benefits to impacted workers
California applies for Lost Wages Assistance program Sacramento – After five months of the COVID-19 pandemic and the historic demand
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Unemployment benefits to pandemic-impacted workers reach $63.9 billion
Update on customer service enhancements  Sacramento – Unemployment benefits for Californians out of work or working reduced hours since
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Governor Newsom Takes Action to Strengthen State Unemployment Insurance Delivery System
New strike team will set path for needed reforms at the Employment Development Department New efforts transform EDD’s customer service
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California workers struggling through pandemic receive $41.3 billion in unemployment benefitsÂ
EDD provides customer service and hiring updates Sacramento – Unemployment benefits totaling $41.3 billion have gone out to workers losing
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$37.5 billion paid to out of work Californians since start of pandemic
EDD launches second phase of PEUC extension benefits Sacramento – Unemployment benefits paid to workers hit hard by the
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Additional Unemployment Insurance Benefits Now Available For Long Term Unemployed
California employers will also receive some unemployment tax relief Sacramento – Up to 20 additional weeks of Unemployment Insurance
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Unemployment benefits top $30 billion for workers impacted by pandemic
Guidance on benefit eligibility as businesses start to reopen in California Sacramento – Applications for unemployment benefits ticked down slightly
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Unemployment benefits top $26 billion during course of the pandemic
EDD provides updates on new text messages, hiring, and pending claims Sacramento – Demand for unemployment benefits in California
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More than $22.2 billion in unemployment benefits paid in California
EDD launches new tools, including text message and chat bot services, to assist workers Sacramento – Total unemployment benefits
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Unemployment benefit payments top $16 billion in California
New higher benefit amounts available for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program Sacramento – Today, the Employment Development Department (EDD)
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EDD announces $23 million to help with employment recovery efforts as a result of COVID-19
Funding will assist nearly 3,200 workers with temporary employment and job training services SACRAMENTO – The California Employment Development
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Unemployment benefit payments top $12 billion in California
Sacramento – Demand for the financial support of unemployment benefits continues with a total of 350,687 claims processed and a
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California launches new federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program to help the self-employed and others impacted by COVID-19
Sacramento – Today, the California Employment Development Department (EDD) is launching the new federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program to
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EDD awards $10 million in funding to assist California Workers impacted by COVID-19
SACRAMENTO – The California Employment Development Department (EDD) and the Labor & Workforce Development Agency announced today they have awarded
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EDD Registers Historic Number of Processed Unemployment Insurance Claims for Workers Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic
Sacramento – New Unemployment Insurance (UI) claim data officially released today illustrates the historic nature of the current demand for
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Governor Newsom Announces Additional Unemployment Benefits for Workers Impacted by COVID-19, as Unemployment Claims Reach Record Levels
The state will begin implementing new federal benefit payments of $600 on top of the weekly benefit received by California
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Benefit programs available to help California workers who are losing wages due to the impacts of the Coronavirus
Sacramento – Workers who have lost their jobs or have had their hours reduced due to the impacts of COVID-19
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Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order Ensuring State Funding for Schools Even in Event of Physical Closure
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today issued an executive order ensuring California public school districts retain state funding even in
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EDD available to provide in-person assistance to victims of wildfires and related conditions whose jobs were impacted
SACRAMENTO – Representatives with the Employment Development Department (EDD) are providing assistance with unemployment insurance claims and other services at
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Employment Development Department encourages individuals to apply for unemployment benefits
Standard one-week waiting period has been waived in wildfire and power shutdown areas, so people can apply immediately SACRAMENTO –
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Where to Go for California Earthquake Assistance
In the wake of the July 2019 California earthquakes and Governor Gavin Newsom’s state of emergency proclamation, a variety of
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