California third in January annual job growth
California’s year-over-year job growth dipped to 126,100 in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, but it was still good enough for the state to rank third in new workers. Jan....
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Unemployment fraud targeted by government
Laid-off workers who got unemployment insurance payments they shouldn’t have received are being targeted by the U.S. Labor Department under a new program announced Wednesday. The department said the...
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Long-term unemployment benefits in jeopardy
Although California’s 10.9% unemployment rate remains second highest in the country, it may not be high enough to stop the cutoff of federal jobless benefits by summer for thousands of people out of...
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90,000 Californians to lose unemployment pay in May
California’s longest-term unemployed — as many as 93,000 — will see a cutoff in jobless benefits in mid-May because the state no longer meets the federal threshold for emergency aid. Photo by Paul...
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Calif. March unemployment claims drop 108,000
California had more than 2 million people out of work in March but the number of unemployment claims processed by the state fell 17% compared to March of last year, according to the Employment...
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93,000 Californians get cut from unemployment
A job fair Thursday in Mission Viejo took on a little more urgency as 93,000 long-term unemployed in California faced the cutoff of their jobless benefits after May 12. In February, Congress approved...
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650,000 unemployed face stricter rules
As many as 650,000 laid-off Californians will have to comply with new rules to be able to continue to collect extended unemployment benefits through the end of the year. Among other things, the new...
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California officials in April processed the fewest unemployment claims since February of 2009, according to state Employment Development Department numbers. April unemployment claims Year Claims 2007...
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California unemployment claims drop below 500,000 in May
California unemployment claims fell below 500,000 in May for the first time since February 2009, according to Employment Development Department numbers. EDD staff processed 497,301 claims in May,...
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California unemployment payouts drop by half
California sent out $1 billion in unemployment payments in June, a 50% drop from the peak two years ago, the Employment Development Department reports. Part of the decline is due to fewer people being...
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