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Tag: EDD unemployment backlog

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...
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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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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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State Senators Request Governor Keep EDD Open Around The Clock

July 23, 2020   2:29 pm
On Wednesday, two California State Senators from opposing political parties implored Gov. Gavin Newsom to have the Employment Development Department remain open around the clock to get through the large backlog of filings it has accrued throughout the COVID-19 pandemic....
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