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Bill to Crosscheck EDD Applicants With Prison Records Introduced in Assembly

December 17, 2020 2:15 pmDecember 18, 2020 10:11 am

On Thursday, a new bill was introduced in the Assembly that would require the Employment Development Department to check benefit applications against prisoner incarceration records. Assembly Bill 110, authored by Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris (D-Laguna Beach), would cross-check all EDD benefit...

California Lost $2 Billion From Fraudulent EDD Unemployment Cards Since March

December 8, 2020 9:39 pm

On Monday, Bank of America, the bank selected by the Employment Development Department (EDD) to be behind their unemployment benefit debit cards, announced that fraudulent cases could be as much as $2 billion. The EDD estimate of the fraudulent cases,...

Bill That Would Allow Direct Deposit For EDD Benefits Introduced in Assembly

December 8, 2020 2:51 pmDecember 10, 2020 8:48 am

On Monday, a bill that would allow a direct deposit option for unemployed benefits by California recipients was introduced in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 74, authored by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego), would allow for all Employment Development Department (EDD)...

EDD Unemployment Backlog Falls Below 1 Million

November 6, 2020 6:24 amNovember 9, 2020 11:24 am

On Thursday, the Employment Development Department (EDD) announced that the backlog of unemployment cases has fallen under 1 million for the first time since March. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and adjoining economic downturn earlier this year, the...

The Fallout of EDD Director Sharon Hilliard’s Resignation

November 2, 2020 8:20 pm

Over the weekend, Employment Development Department Director Sharon Hilliard resigned, opening up the likelihood of more extreme changes at the EDD next year. The EDD has been through a tumultuous year and has put the usually low-key organization in the...

EDD Begins To Reduce Backlogged Unemployment Claims Following System Updates

October 8, 2020 3:44 pmOctober 9, 2020 6:50 am

On Wednesday, the Employment Development Department (EDD) announced that 246,000 of the 1.6 million backlogged unemployment claims have been paid and mailed following a two-week hiatus of claims. However, the backlog will still take well into January 2021 to address....

EDD Fraud Case Grows, 87 Arrested Over Fraudulent Unemployment Benefits

September 25, 2020 8:32 amSeptember 25, 2020 4:34 pm

On Wednesday, Beverly Hills Police Announced that the number of people arrested over Employment Development Department (EDD) fraud had grown to 87, nearly doubling the number of cases in less than a week. 181 fraudulent EDD cards worth $3.6 million...