SAN FRANCISCO -- Anyone who's had to deal with the Employment Development Department over the past year knows how difficult it is to get someone on the phone to help with their unemployment claims.

California’s Employment Development Department is making it easier for customers receiving unemployment benefits to report ...

LOS ANGELES -- More than 4 million Californians got unemployment benefits over the last four weeks. With such high numbers, many people with questions about their benefits are having trouble getting ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The federal government stopped providing special unemployment benefits to gig workers, independent contractors and the self-employed two months ago. Those special benefits were ...

'If you've had one year of unemployment, you have to go back in and reapply. You can't wait for the EDD to remind you or call you.' FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Millions of Californians depending on ...

California will not accept new unemployment claims for the next two weeks as the state works to prevent fraud and reduce a substantial backlog, officials said late Saturday. "It's overwhelming. People ...

"Both said there's no problem with my card... But I was like, clearly there's a problem if I'm missing $10,000." SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Employment Development Department has been battling a ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he is moving forward to ensure thousands of federal workers in California who are not receiving a paycheck during the federal government shutdown can get access to benefits ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (CNS) - Riverside County's unemployment rate dropped slightly last month, according to figures released on Friday by the California Employment Development Department (EDD). Based on ...

“It’s more of an accelerating burn than an on-off switch. You could see an accumulation of impacts that grow over time,” said Shai Akabas, vice president of economic policy at Washington’s Bipartisan ...

A Citrus Heights woman pleaded guilty Thursday to mail fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to collect unauthorized California unemployment benefits that prosecutors say ...