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Tag: Employment Development Department

California’s Unemployment Averages 27 percent of All U.S. Claims

September 22, 2020   8:07 amSeptember 22, 2020   3:08 pm
Since Gov. Gavin Newsom shutdown California businesses in mid-March, Californians have filed 8.6 million total new claims for unemployment. In the age group of working Californians, ages 18-65, this is a rate of 39% of unemployed, higher than at the...
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EDD Halting Unemployment Claimants For Two Weeks, Will Overhaul Entire System

September 21, 2020   2:55 pm
Over the weekend, Governor Newsom’s Employment Development Department (EDD) Strike Team issued a new report and announced that the EDD will be taking a two week break to overhaul and update the current system, while also halting all new claims...
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EDD Debit Card Fraud On The Rise, 44 Arrested In Beverly Hills This Month

September 19, 2020   2:34 amSeptember 18, 2020   9:34 pm
Throughout September, levels of Employment Development Department (EDD) unemployment fraud through debit cards reached new highs, with dozens of arrests occurring in Beverly Hills this month alone and over $2.5 million reported to have been on stolen EDD debit cards....
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EDD To Send Out Additional $900 For Most Unemployed Californians

September 8, 2020   6:37 am
On Monday, the Employment Development Department (EDD) began sending the additional $900 in federal unemployment funds to Californians who lost their job due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funding, $300 per week for three weeks for those that had received...
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California Granted $4.5 Billion From FEMA For Supplemental Unemployment Benefits

August 23, 2020   8:16 am
On Saturday, the Employment Development Department (EDD) announced that they secured $4.5 billion from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Lost Wage Assistance Program to add extra money to state unemployment benefits. An extra $300 for 3 weeks for unemployed...
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California’s Tax Agencies

August 8, 2020   7:37 amAugust 9, 2020   8:05 am
California’s tax system actually involves four state departments. And, most Californians do not realize that the EDD is the largest tax collection agency in the state. The purpose of this article is to provide a broad overview of the tax...
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Gov. Newsom Forms ‘Strike Team’ To Solve Unemployment Issues, Delays At The EDD

July 31, 2020   2:29 amJuly 30, 2020   7:35 pm
On Wednesday, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the formation of a “strike team” to solve numerous issues plaguing the Employment Development Department (EDD). Governor Newsom’s EDD “strike team” Fronted by Government Operations Agency Secretary Yolanda Richardson and open government group Code...
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