The amount of fraud has dropped sharply since the pandemic, but California still faced financial liabilities from the unemployment surge.

During the pandemic, Californians seeking unemployment help face massive delays. “We’re in a lot better position” now, one ...

California has one of the largest unemployment insurance programs in the country, paying out benefits to over a million people.

What You Need to Know: California is investing $3 million to support workers and small businesses impacted by the planned ...

In a letter sent to California’s Employment Development Department, the Department of Labor shared with state officials that it would soon be deploying a “strike team” to the state, ...

Bonnie Tom is newly married and excited for this next chapter in life. She’s been saving money, maybe to buy a house, but the State of California recently snatched nearly everything she’d saved.

Kaymeisha Keyes, 31, defrauded EDD by filling out more than 70 fraudulent unemployment insurance claims between 2020 and 2021. A Tracy woman pleaded guilty to scamming more than $1 million worth of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The California Employment Development Department says it is not seeking to ban loan-out companies, which provide a key service to ...