SAN JOSE, Calif. -- The federal government stopped providing special unemployment benefits to gig workers, independent contractors and the self-employed two months ago. Those special benefits were ...

California will not accept new unemployment claims for the next two weeks as the state works to prevent fraud and reduce a substantial backlog, officials said late Saturday. "It's overwhelming. People ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- 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 claims.

As part of a settlement of an Alameda County lawsuit, the California Employment Development Department agreed to overhaul how it informs claimants that the agency has retroactively denied them ...