Archived News Releases 2022

EDD continues to confirm that most of the suspect disability insurance medical provider accounts it flagged as suspicious were fraud attempts. The few providers that were not fraud—but instead victims of identity theft—are completing verification along with their patients to then resume certifying claims.

California’s unemployment rate dropped a half percentage point from November 2021 to 6.5 percent in December as the state’s employers added 50,700 non-farm payroll jobs to the economy, according to data released today by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) from two surveys. November’s unemployment rate was revised up 0.1 percentage points to 7.0 percent due to an increase of 3,500 unemployed persons

The California Employment Development (EDD) today issued further updates on California’s unemployment and disability insurance programs, including continued scam prevention efforts and language access improvements

The California Employment Development (EDD) today issued further updates on California’s unemployment and disability insurance programs, including how to submit additional documents to verify Pandemic Unemployment Assistance claims.