Benefits — What is the EDD?

Employment Development Department

The California Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a wide variety of services to millions of Californians under the Employment Service, Unemployment Insurance, State Disability Insurance, Workforce Investment, and Labor Market Information programs. As California’s largest tax collection agency, the EDD also handles the collection, accounting, and auditing of payroll taxes and maintains employment records for more than 16 million California workers.  One of the largest departments in state government, the EDD has nearly 10,000 employees providing services at more than 400 locations throughout the state. Here is a brief look at the EDD’s activities: … Continue Reading

Nevadans Receiving Extended Jobless Benefits Must Attend Reemployment Orientation

By Sandra Chereb, BloombergBusinessWeek

Nevadans receiving federal extended jobless benefits will be required to attend a reemployment orientation session under changes to the program that took effect this month, state officials said Thursday.

The new rules were included in legislation enacted in February when Congress extended emergency unemployment compensation through the end of the year. The law also reduces to 73 from 99 the maximum number of weeks for unemployment benefit eligibility, a change that takes effect in September.

Changes will affect about 75,000 claimants who currently receive or may file for extended emergency unemployment compensation that is paid by the federal government, said Renee Olson, administrator of the Nevada Employment Security Division.

People who don’t attend the orientation session or provide documentation of two to three work searches each week could lose their benefits.

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