Employment Development Department Archives - Page 4 of 8

EDD’s Communications Fog Compounds Agency’s Problems, Infuriates Claimants

May 13, 2021 2:45 amMay 12, 2021 8:22 pm

What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate. California’s self-beleaguered Employment Development Department has shown a clear inability to successfully do its most basic task – that is, getting money into the hands of people who were legitimately unemployed...

Assembly Subcommittee Rejects Gov. Newsom Proposal to Create/Replace EDD With New Agency

May 6, 2021 2:13 amMay 7, 2021 3:45 pm

The Assembly Budget Subcommittee on State Administration unanimously rejected a proposal by the Governor on Tuesday that would create a new working conditions agency, favoring instead more improvements at the Employment Development Department (EDD). The meeting was the first time...

Fraud Reduction Bill to Cross-Check EDD and Prisoner Records Passes Committee

April 8, 2021 2:17 pm

A bill to require the Employment Development Department (EDD) to check benefit applications against prisoner incarceration records to reduce unemployment benefit fraud was passed in the Assembly Consumer Privacy and Protection Committee on Thursday. Assembly Bill 110, authored by Assemblywoman Cottie...

Bill to Help Prevent Future Inmate Unemployment Fraud Passes Senate Committee

March 17, 2021 3:27 pm

A bill to help prevent future inmate Employment Development Department (EDD) fraud by cross checking unemployment insurance claims with state and county prison rolls passed in the Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 39, authored by Senator Shannon Grove...

Bill to Make Direct Contractors Liable for Contributions, Deductions, Withholdings of Subcontractors

March 10, 2021 11:24 amMarch 10, 2021 11:31 am

On March 9, Senate Bill 727 was gutted-and-amended by Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino) relating to the liability of direct contractors. The bill would amend Section 218.7 of the Labor Code. First, the bill would provide that, for contracts entered into...

Excessive Number of New EDD Claims Points to Probable Rise of Fraudulent Cases

January 22, 2021 5:57 pmJanuary 22, 2021 5:59 pm

The Employment Development Department Friday reported a large increase in the number of Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims in the previous week from independent contractors and self-employed individuals, suggesting that fraudulent claims are still being attempted en masse. According to the...

EDD Suspends 1.4 Million Unemployment Claims Due To $2 billion Fraud Concerns

January 8, 2021 2:17 amJanuary 8, 2021 11:13 am

Multiple reports from the Employment Development Department (EDD) Wednesday found that over 1.4 million unemployment claims in California have been frozen since the New Year due to concerns over fraud. The EDD has been battling fraudulent cases all year, with...