EDD – California Globe

Benefit Fraud Problems and Solutions

November 7, 2024 11:48 amNovember 7, 2024 11:48 am

Because that’s where the money is. That was famed bank robber Willie Sutton’s very possibly apocryphal response when asked why he robbed banks. Now the money is in government benefit programs and that’s why they are being defrauded at record...

Introspection is the Enemy of Happiness – Especially in Government

October 7, 2024 6:00 amOctober 7, 2024 6:01 am

“Introspection is the enemy of happiness.” A very coldly cynical line spoken by Sterling Archer, the lead character in the astonishingly funny “Archer” animated spy television series. It is also very true. While Socrates famously said that “The unexamined life...

Did Julie Su Do California a $32 Billion Favor?

September 30, 2024 6:27 pmSeptember 30, 2024 6:27 pm

Earlier this year, Julie Su’s federal Department of Labor essentially forgave California its $32.6 billion debt caused directly by the massive defrauding of the state’s unemployment agency, the EDD. That debt was created when Su was the state’s labor secretary...

Decades Late, Billions Short: EDD Getting New Computers

September 27, 2024 12:20 pmSeptember 27, 2024 12:20 pm

Took long enough. During the pandemic, California’s unemployment agency – the EDD – was looted to the tune of at least $50 billion dollars. Last month, more than two years after the end of the worst of it – the...

Violations of Unemployment Compensation under the UI Code

September 10, 2024 2:30 amSeptember 10, 2024 2:31 am

California’s Unemployment Insurance Code in Division 1, Part 1, Chapter 10, deals with violations of the Unemployment Compensation laws. Section 2101 provides that it is a violation of this chapter to willfully make a false statement or representation, to knowingly...

California’s Employment Development Department

September 7, 2024 2:29 amSeptember 7, 2024 2:30 am

California’s Employment Development Department is set forth in Division 1, Part 1, Chapter 2, Article 1 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. Section 301 provides that there is in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency the Employment Development Department, which is...

Caregiver Training Initiative

August 31, 2024 2:30 amAugust 31, 2024 2:31 am

In the California Unemployment Insurance Code, Division 3, Part 1, Chapter 7, there is the Caregiver Training Initiative. Section 11020 specifies that there is established a project known as the Caregiver Training Initiative. It is the intent of the Legislature...