SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- 7 On Your Side has reported on the massive freeze of disability benefits as the Employment Development Department (EDD) tries to weed out fraudulent claims. The EDD ...

People are going to great lengths to unfreeze their disability claims — calling EDD nonstop, emailing their lawmakers, and waiting in line for hours — sometimes for multiple days in a row to ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Fraudsters are once again targeting EDD but this time, they're going after disability claims. The department is now being accused of moving too slowly while it weeds out ...

DALY CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- The Employment Development Department has stopped paying hundreds of thousands of disability claims trying to stop a new attack of fraud. But as we've reported ...

BRIAN: BRITTANY JOHNSON JOINS US LIVE FROM THE NEWSROOM WITH THE STORY. BRITTANY: EDD FROZE 345,000 DISABILITY CLAIMS SAYING TYHE WERE CRACKING DOWN ON FRAUD AND IDENTITY THEFT MANY WE SPOKE TO ...

Then it happened. The Employment Development Department (EDD) had sent her three disability checks at the start of her medical leave, but suddenly the payments stopped. So did her stress-free life.

The EDD is working to stop a scheme involving suspected organized crime that filed false disability insurance claims and attempted to pass themselves off as doctors or other health providers to ...

The EDD aims to pay 86% of SDI claims within 14 days, as it expects some complex cases to take longer to investigate and resolve. Yet by April, according to new figures obtained by KQED, almost half ...

California is one of only three states in the nation that doesn't offer direct deposit for unemployment, disability, and paid family-leave benefits. Instead, the EDD mails Bank of America Debit ...

Learn more >> Disability customers will now be placed on a “virtual” hold – meaning EDD will let them know approximately how long it is going to take to answer their call, and provide them ...

This Father’s Day, EDD Highlights the Benefits Dads Can Receive Through California’s First-in-the-Nation Paid Family Leave ...

A spokesperson for California's Employment Development Department, which administers and oversees the program, confirmed the SDI rate will increase from 1.1% to 1.2% in 2025.