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The California Employment Development Department (EDD) is joining with communities across the state to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of California’s trailblazing Paid Family Leave (PFL) program—a program that delivered more than $11 billion in aid for nearly 4 million Californians caring for ill family members, bonding with children, and helping during a family member’s military deployment.
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California’s unemployment rate increased in the month of August 2022 to 4.1 percent, despite the state’s employers adding 19,900 nonfarm payroll jobs to the economy, according to data released today by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) from two surveys.
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Furthering the Employment Development Department’s effort to strengthen services for California’s diverse communities, the U.S. Department of Labor awarded a $9.1 million grant to continue boosting multilingual accessibility to unemployment insurance benefit programs.
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The California Employment Development Department (EDD) today announced that it has awarded $950,000 to the Mother Lode Job Training Agency (Mother Lode) to support workers and businesses adversely impacted by the recent Ampine fire in Amador County and the Oak fire in Mariposa County.
If you’re ready to take the next step to an excellent career, the California Employment Development Department (EDD) and its network of regional partners are ready to help you reach your goals. In recognition of Labor Day, EDD is showcasing the many programs and services that help support stronger jobs and stronger communities by connecting workers and employers.
California’s unemployment rate decreased to a new record low in the month of July 2022 to 3.9 percent as the state’s employers added 84,800 nonfarm payroll jobs to the economy, according to data released today by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) from two surveys.
In another major step toward improving services for California's linguistically diverse communities, Andrea Salazar, New York state's former language access coordinator, has joined California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) to lead a new Language Access Office. EDD also joined diverse communities across California to announce new grant funding to continue boosting multilingual access to state services.
California’s unemployment rate dropped in the month of June 2022 to 4.2 percent as the state’s employers added 19,900 nonfarm payroll jobs to the economy, according to data released today by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) from two surveys.
The Employment Development Department (EDD) is notifying its customers that Geographic Solutions, Inc. (GSI), the vendor that operates the CalJOBS website, is experiencing a nationwide service interruption.
California’s unemployment rate went down for the month of May 2022 to 4.3 percent1 as the state’s employers added 42,900 nonfarm payroll jobs2 to the economy, according to data released today by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) from two surveys. The state’s rate is now just 0.2 percentage point higher than the pre-pandemic unemployment rate of 4.1 percent in February 2020.
As Father’s Day approaches, the California Employment Development Department (EDD) is reminding Californians about family-focused benefits available through the state’s Paid Family Leave (PFL) program, which provides financial support to fathers and mothers while they take time off from work to bond with their new child.
The California Employment Development Department (EDD) announced today it has awarded $1.2 million in Equity and Special Populations (ESP) Technical Assistance and Evaluation grants to support underserved job seekers in California. The funds for Program Year (PY) 2021-22 are going to ICF Incorporated, LLC, to assist current ESP program awardees with implementing projects that advance employment strategies for this population. ICF Incorporated, LLC, will enhance equity-of-access to workforce development services for English language learners, homeless and housing insecure, immigrants, justice-involved individuals, people with disabilities, veterans, young adults, and populations in locations disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
The Employment Development Department (EDD) today announced it blocked a recent unemployment insurance fraud attempt involving crooks trying to steal hundreds of millions in benefits using paper and fax applications. EDD is now mailing notices to claimants to separate the fraud attempts from any legitimate claims.
California’s unemployment rate went down for the month of April 2022 to 4.6 percent as the state’s employers added 41,400 nonfarm payroll jobs to the economy, according to data released today by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) from two surveys. March’s unemployment rate was revised down 0.1 percentage points to 4.8 percent largely due to a 6,000-person decrease in unemployment.
With Mother’s Day fast approaching on May 8, 2022, the Employment Development Department (EDD) is celebrating California’s Paid Family Leave program, which since its inception has delivered more than $12 billion in benefits on almost 4 million claims so Californians can take time off work to bond with a new child, care for an ill family member, or to help during a family member’s military deployment to a foreign country.
