Sacramento Bee

Getting unemployment benefits in California? Here’s why you need to look for a job

Starting Sunday and continuing in the weeks ahead, most people receiving unemployment benefits in California must be actively looking for work if they are to keep getting jobless benefits. That ...
CBS News

UPDATE: State Requiring Job Search Proof For Unemployment Benefits; How Will EDD Enforce It?

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- With the economy almost fully reopened now, businesses are complaining that the state's unemployment benefits are so generous, it's keeping people from looking for work. So, ...
ABC7

EDD says people must look for work to get jobless aid. So, what qualifies as looking for a job?

OAKLAND, Calif. -- As the economy opens up, so are more jobs -- yet more than two million Californians are still collecting unemployment. But now the EDD is nudging folks to get back to work. The ...
Sacramento Bee

Getting California unemployment benefits? You’ll soon have to prove you’re looking for work

Getting unemployment benefits in California? Starting July 11, you’ll have to look for work or show you’re rebuilding your business to stay eligible. Before the COVID pandemic sent unemployment to ...