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Another $170 Million – EDD Faces Fed Debt Interest Hike

February 29, 2024 2:25 pmFebruary 29, 2024 2:25 pm

On January 1, the interest rate the federal government is charging the state on its more than $20 billion unemployment insurance trust fund debt rose from 1.68% to 2.61%. At first blush, that doesn’t look like too much and the...

Senate Committee Advances Biden’s Labor Secretary Nominee Julie Su

February 27, 2024 6:25 pmFebruary 27, 2024 6:25 pm

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee voted today 11 to 10 to advance Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su’s re-nomination to the post permanently to the full senate. The committee met behind closed doors to take an...

‘Acting’ Labor Secretary Julie Su Behind Closed Doors

February 26, 2024 3:43 pmFebruary 26, 2024 3:44 pm

Julie Su’s quest to edit the word “acting” from her title as Secretary of Labor will continue Tuesday, with the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee holding a meeting on her recent re-nomination to the position. Unlike the...

EDD Switches Over To Money Network For Benefit Payments Following $32 Billion in Fraud

February 16, 2024 1:02 pmFebruary 16, 2024 1:02 pm

The Employment Development Department officially switched over from Bank of America to Money Network for unemployment, disability, and Paid Family Leave debit card payments, following years of issues with BofA issued cards. According to the EDD, old Bank of America...

Swap Out Su: Reps. Foxx & Kiley Call on Biden to Drop Julie Su

January 4, 2024 4:27 pmJanuary 4, 2024 4:27 pm

The chair of the House of Representatives Education and the Workforce Committee and the chair of its Workforce Protections subcommittee today asked President Joe Biden to drop his quest to remove the word “acting” from Julie Su’s labor secretary title...

Pizza Hut Fires Over 1,200 Drivers In California Before New $20 Minimum Wage Comes Into Effect

December 26, 2023 4:03 pmDecember 28, 2023 4:37 am

Multiple Pizza Hut operators throughout California announced on Tuesday that they would be laying off hundreds of drivers before the new state minimum fast food wage of $20/an hour comes into effect on April 1st. The new law, Assembly Bill...

California’s Draconian AB-5 Law Should Be Debate Topic #1 for Gov. Newsom

November 27, 2023 3:22 pmNovember 27, 2023 3:22 pm

When Gov. Gavin Newsom faces off with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the upcoming Fox News debate on Thursday, November 30, Newsom should be made to answer for the countless flagrant fiascos of his own making in California — not...