The U.S. Labor Department deployed a specialized "strike team" to California over alleged unemployment fraud and $21 billion ...

A federal government shutdown began on Oct. 1 after weeks of it looming, leaving scores of federal workers, including in California, at risk of going for days — potentially weeks — without pay. While ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SACRAMENTO – The Employment Development Department (EDD) continues to urge Californians to guard against fraud. The latest ...

“It felt,” Ramos said, “like this was just a big old scam.” As California unemployment claims spiked 2,300% in the early months of 2020, the state’s top labor officials ricocheted from crisis to ...

FOR DEVELOPERS TO TRANSFORM THREE STATE-OWNED OFFICE BUILDINGS INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES ISSUED A ...

EDIE: ITS BEEN ALMOST TWO WEEKS SINCE THE CAL-JOBS SITE WENT DOWN. AND THERE IS STILL NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR WHEN IT WILL BE UP AND RUNNING. THE CALJOBS PORTAL CONNECTS PEOPLE SEEKING JOBS WITH ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A new bill that would force California's Employment Development Department to post wait times for services has been unanimously approved. The bill now moves to the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - A new round of deceiving text messages are popping up on cell phones, sent by scammers claiming to be from the California EDD or Bank of America. In recent weeks, several ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — California has appointed a new director of its Employment Development Department. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced that Nancy Farias — the current Chief Deputy Director of ...

California's troubled unemployment benefits department will soon have its third director in the past two years. Employment Development Department Director Rita Saenz stepped down on Friday after just ...

Around 100,000 Californians who were previously denied unemployment benefits through the federal Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program may now be retroactively eligible. The California ...