The state’s unemployment agency potentially overpaid an estimated $55 billion in recent years to people who may not have been eligible for jobless benefits, a California state audit has found. It is ...

(TNS) — The state’s unemployment agency said Thursday, May 26, it has halted an elaborate scheme to steal hundreds of millions of dollars in jobless benefits. The Employment Development Department ...

In the fall of 2021, during an oversight hearing of California's Employment Development Department, or EDD, the department was asked by Assm. Cottie Petrie-Norris whether the department had a new ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - About one million Californians who got unemployment payments from the pandemic-related federal benefit program now have to prove they had a prior work history or possibly pay back ...

California's embattled Employment Development Department says they have seen yet another wave of fraud attempts. This time, again, hitting unemployment claims.The department said that the latest fraud ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Despite months of frustration, many Californians are now reporting some good news: They're finally getting paid from the Employment Development Department – and they're crediting ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Economic support has finally arrived in California for the millions of self-employed, freelance and gig economy workers in California, many of whom have lost work or wages in ...

The California Employment Development Department (EDD) has recovered $1.1 billion in fraudulent payments from federal COVID relief programs, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Tuesday. The funds ...

Sacramento's embattled Employment Development Department faced tough questions from five legislators during a joint oversight hearing in Sacramento on Wednesday. This comes after more than two years ...

Starting Sunday and continuing in the weeks ahead, most people receiving unemployment benefits in California must be actively looking for work if they are to keep getting jobless benefits. That ...