The state will soon hire hundreds of people and spend even more money on overtime and outside information technology help to try to speed up the delivery of unemployment payments to jobless ...

A new state website promises to make it much easier to apply for unemployment benefits, and easier to communicate with people at the Employment Development Department.Watch report: EDD launching new ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — EDD staffers made themselves available to help at the capitol on Wednesday, but they didn't tell anyone they'd be there. While representatives from the Employment Development ...

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 (CBS SF) -- More than a million unemployed Californians were asked to re-verify their identities by the state's Employment Development Department and saw payments suspended right before ...

CALISTOGA, Calif. (KGO) -- 7 On Your Side is reporting about the struggles of folks who lost their jobs in the coronavirus pandemic and never got their unemployment benefits. Now, we take a deeper ...

It's been over a month since the California Employment Development Department started processing a high volume of unemployment assistance claims due to the coronavirus pandemic. California Governor, ...

SACRAMENTO — State lawmakers rebuked the state’s Employment Development Department on Thursday, charging that it has failed to address public outcry over delays in answering calls and processing ...

SACRAMENTO — California’s struggle to get unemployment benefits to jobless workers and combat fraud has been hampered by an exodus of some 1,590 staff and managers involved in the effort since the ...