When COVID-19 triggered the most sudden economic downturn in U.S. history, millions of people lost work and urgently turned to unemployment benefits to immediately put money in the bank for bills. “We ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Anyone who's had to deal with the Employment Development Department over the past year knows how difficult it is to get someone on the phone to help with their unemployment ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- 7 On Your Side revealed for the first time last night the Employment Development Department closed all of its unemployment offices - not just for the pandemic - but for good, 25 ...

BRIAN: TONIGHT, CALIFORNIA’S TROUBLED EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REVEALING $11.4 BILLION IN FRAUD. THAT’S THE AMOUNT OF UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS EDD OFFICIALS SAY THIEVES STOLE LAST YEAR, AND IT ...

MORGAN HILL, Calif. -- The U.S. Department of Labor has agreed not to make workers repay benefits they received by mistake during the pandemic, as long as they were not obtained by fraud. However, the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Employment Development Department today released new information on extending unemployment claims, and presented an updated "data dashboard" with statistics on ...

The new state software system that manages unemployment benefits has a growing number of defects that, in many cases, keep payments from going out -- but also could pose a long-term threat to the ...

Wide-ranging blunders by the state’s labor agency opened the floodgates to billions of dollars in payments for fraudulent unemployment claims, the state auditor reported Thursday in a harsh new ...

Earning an advanced degree can be both a life achievement and an effective tool for career advancement. But even with closely related areas, like the EdD vs PhD in education, you can find more than a ...