News and Announcements

English Language Learners to Get Jumpstart Toward Better Careers in High-Demand Industries with Integrated Education Training

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The Employment Development Department (EDD), in coordination with the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, announces the availability of $18 million in funding to help prepare workers with limited English proficiency for jobs in growing and sustainable regional industries.

Published: 02/13/2023

Disaster Unemployment Assistance now available to workers impacted by winter storms in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Mendocino counties

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Workers in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Mendocino counties who have been impacted by the severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that started on December 27, 2022, are now eligible to file for federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits, joining workers in nine previously-announced California counties.

Published: 02/06/2023

Disaster Unemployment Assistance now available to workers impacted by winter storms in San Mateo County

San Mateo County workers who have been impacted by the severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that started on December 27, 2022, are now eligible to file for federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits, joining workers in eight previously-announced California counties.

Published: 01/31/2023

Disaster Unemployment Assistance now available to workers impacted by winter storms in Calaveras County

Calaveras County workers who have been impacted by the severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that started on December 27, 2022, are now eligible to file for federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) benefits, joining workers in seven previously-announced California counties.

Published: 01/26/2023

Disaster Unemployment Assistance has been approved for those impacted by the damaging December and January storms

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Californians in Sacramento, Merced, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and San Joaquin counties who have been impacted by the severe winter storms, flooding, landslides, and mudslides that started on December 27, 2022 can now file for federal Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA).

Published: 01/23/2023

California’s unemployment rate holds at 4.1 percent for Dec. 2022

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California’s unemployment rate held flat in the month of December 2022 at 4.1 percent1 as the state’s employers added 16,200 nonfarm payroll jobs2 to the economy, according to data released today by the California Employment Development Department (EDD) from two surveys.

Published: 01/20/2023