Workers say California EDD failed to notify them that their eligibility was denied and threatened to seize assets if they didn’t repay benefits.

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 ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Californians have shared their frustrations with the Employment Development Department (EDD), and thousands of workers still haven't received their unemployment benefits amid ...

SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Tawnya Coogan is having a tough financial go of it during this pandemic and was surprised when she recently received an email from the EDD. "It said 'Action needed on your ...

California Assembly members’ offices can hire two people each to work on helping constituents deal with unemployment benefits and other issues involving the Employment Development Department.

The pandemic stress tested all sorts of boundaries for state government, not the least of which were the limits of its critical benefits systems, like those offered through the California Employment ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- KABC and our sister station KGO in San Francisco have been reporting on the latest difficulty facing unemployed Californians. Bank of America has been draining money out of thousands ...

A former California Employment Development Department employee admitted this week in federal court to fraudulently obtaining more than $768,000 in COVID-19 unemployment payments for dead people and ...