SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Anyone who's had to deal with the Employment Development Department over the past year knows how difficult it is to get someone on the phone to help with their unemployment ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- 7 On Your Side revealed for the first time last night the Employment Development Department closed all of its unemployment offices - not just for the pandemic - but for good, 25 ...

MORGAN HILL, Calif. -- The U.S. Department of Labor has agreed not to make workers repay benefits they received by mistake during the pandemic, as long as they were not obtained by fraud. However, the ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Raymond Drescher, 45, was laid off as a security guard during the pandemic and had been receiving monthly checks for several months until California's Employment Development ...

The new state software system that manages unemployment benefits has a growing number of defects that, in many cases, keep payments from going out -- but also could pose a long-term threat to the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Employment Development Department today released new information on extending unemployment claims, and presented an updated "data dashboard" with statistics on ...

WHITTIER, Calif. -- Kelleigh Martin knew she had to stay calm. She was pregnant with twin boys, and doctors told her she was at high risk of premature labor that could endanger the lives of the little ...

Wide-ranging blunders by the state’s labor agency opened the floodgates to billions of dollars in payments for fraudulent unemployment claims, the state auditor reported Thursday in a harsh new ...