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 ...

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 ...

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 ...