Tag: unemployment benefits
The Great Heist of California’s Fort Knox
“Fort Knox gets knocked over!” This fulsome headline would surely get worldwide attention and rightly so. Intrigue, speculation and theories about whodunnit and how it all went down would dominate the news cycle for months. What if it...
Unemployment Fraud Climbs to $32 Billion with No Accountability in Sight
If giving unemployment benefits to criminals sitting behind bars or fraudsters in foreign countries wasn’t enough to make your stomach turn, recently, we learned that California’s unemployment fraud initial estimate of $20 billion is closer to $32 billion and counting. During the...
May Jobs Report Shows CA Still Lagging Behind Most States
While California Governor Gavin Newsom claims the state is “Roaring Back,” the most recent U.S. jobs report tells another story: California is still mewling in the 46th spot out of 51 on “unemployment bounce back.” However, the largest job gains...
EDD Announces Only People Actively Seeking Work Will Receive Unemployment Benefits
The Employment Development Department (EDD) announced on Thursday that unemployment benefits will no longer be given to people not actively applying for jobs. California has had the looking-for-work requirement suspended for the last 15 months, ever since the COVID-19 pandemic...