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Tag: Employment Development Department

Posted inLocal News

EDD wants its unemployment cash back — but some Californians simply can’t pay

by Jesse Bedayn, CalMatters January 19, 2022January 18, 2022

A MUSICIAN WHO lost all her unemployment documents when her home burned in a wildfire. An arborist who filed for unemployment assistance a year before the pandemic began. A tattoo artist who can’t prove he was working because he ran a cash operation. These are just a few Californians caught in a state dragnet to […]

Posted inLocal News

Backlogged claims, calls: Things are getting worse at state’s jobless agency

by Emily Hoeven, CalMatters May 9, 2021May 7, 2021
Posted inCalifornia Currents

Is California blowing it on unemployment reform?

by Lauren Hepler, CalMatters March 29, 2021March 29, 2021
Posted inLocal News

District attorneys describe widespread unemployment fraud by prison inmates

by Astrid Casimire, Bay City News Foundation November 25, 2020November 25, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Currents

‘It’s frustrating’: Expired unemployment boost, EDD debacles sink jobless Californians

by Orlando Mayorquin, CalMatters November 13, 2020November 13, 2020
Posted inCalifornia Currents

California offered a lifeline when their hours were cut — then the payments froze

by Lauren Hepler, CalMatters November 4, 2020November 4, 2020

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