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A newly released report from the Legislative Analyst's Office highlights deficiencies in the Employment Development Department’s response to the economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

EDD said only one in five people have responded to the requests so far from November. That means over a million people have not.

It is so tough to contact California’s Employment Development Department about...

EDD backlog and fraud timeline: How we got here © KCRA 3 EDD With a consistent backlog of jobless claims, the worst fraud in Californias history and a lack of transparency, Californias Employment Development Department has been under fire since problems came to light in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, problems being experienced by Californians trying to apply for unemployment through the EDD are not new and have just been exacerbated by the exponential number of claims.Sign up fo...

The governor’s address came after the EDD said its backlog of delayed, unapproved claims has doubled since the start of the year to more than 1 million. “Our goal is to make this as seamless a transition as we can so there is little interruption,” EDD spokeswoman Loree Levy said. Advertisement Many people have reached the end of their first benefit year and must file new claims to continue getting assistance. But the process has been filled with obstacles for scores of claimants: EDD offi...

EDD says it will automatically add new unemployment benefits By Carolyn Said Congress cut it close with unemployment benefits when it passed the American Rescue Plan, which extended the benefits just days before their March 14 expiration date. President Biden signed the $1.9 trillion stimulus package Thursday, ensuring that the benefits, which now include a $300-a-week supplement, will be extended until Labor Day. Popular Searches Some jobless Californians who depend on that mon...

Cost Of Deloitte’s EDD Phone Center Balloons to $55M, As Millions Of Calls Go Unanswered Listen The Employment Development Department office in downtown Sacramento. Andrew Nixon / CapRadio Updated 3:06 p.m.: This story has been updated after CapRadio received comment from the EDD and Deloitte. Multinational consulting firm Deloitte earned up to $55 million for running a call center that has left millions of unemployed Californians on hold for hours —�...

California unemployment: New EDD call center employees finish training, wait time still 40 minutes A year into the pandemic and the states unemployment call center is still overwhelmed with callers. KGO Share: SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A year into the pandemic and the states unemployment call center is still overwhelmed with callers. On Thursday, the Employment Development Department announced that 251 new call center workers completed the departments expedited training program earlier this week. B...

Nichols, a 63-year-old executive administrative assistant for a nonprofit, was furloughed in March and just recalled to her job in January. The "saving grace" for her financially was the fact that her husband is self-employed as a property manager, Nichols says.  Knowing shed have to pay taxes on her unemployment, Nichols tried to be proactive by opting to have the state withhold a portion of her payments in advance. But when her 1099-G arrived in the mail, she discovered shes on the hook for ...

What is the best way to talk to someone with the EDD? You might think calling on the phone may be the best way to talk to someone, but you may be able to get your question answered by first doing some research online. The EDD website has an FAQ section that is updated weekly. "Often times I hear from our call center representatives that the information someone waited forever on a phone to try to get could have been found in much, much quicker time on our website," said Levy in an interview with...