SAN FRANCISCO -- Anyone who's had to deal with the Employment Development Department over the past year knows how difficult it is to get someone on the phone to help with their unemployment claims.

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 ...

As part of a settlement of an Alameda County lawsuit, the California Employment Development Department agreed to overhaul how it informs claimants that the agency has retroactively denied them ...

What You Need to Know: California's Employment Development Department is making it easier for customers receiving unemployment benefits to report required wages and income information while receiving ...

California will not accept new unemployment claims for the next two weeks as the state works to prevent fraud and reduce a substantial backlog, officials said late Saturday. "It's overwhelming. People ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. What you need to know: California boosted Paid Family Leave and Disability Insurance benefits up to 90 percent of regular pay ...