California Hits Pause on New Unemployment Applications as EDD Restructures

Facing a massive backlog of 600,000 cases, California’s Employment
Development Department says it will not accept new unemployment
claims until October 5 as it works to restructure its website to
process claims more efficiently. The temporary “pause” comes after
a state government report called on EDD to address a number of
problems with its claims processing, such as outdated technology
and inefficient fraud detection. We’ll discuss the report and how
EDD plans to tackle these issues.