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Tag: Pandemic Unemployment Assistance

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...
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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....
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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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Independent Contractors to Receive Unemployment Benefits Under New Program

April 15, 2020   3:41 pmApril 16, 2020   7:41 am
On Tuesday, California Labor Secretary Julie Su announced that independent contractors and gig workers in California will be able to receive unemployed benefits. Relief for independent contractors The benefits will not come from normal unemployed insurance, but rather from a...
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