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As the state reopens, unemployment cases are still backlogged

Author
Mel Baker, Laura Wenus, Liana Wilcox
Published
Wed 26 May 2021
Episode Link
https://www.sfpublicpress.org/category/civic-podcast/

While California is set to fully reopen on June 15, the unemployment rate appears to be holding steady. Businesses are opening positions, but residents are also dropping out of the workforce entirely. And the state’s Employment Development Department, which handles unemployment claims, is still working to resolve thousands of backlogged cases and battling fraud. Emily Hoeven, who writes the daily WhatMatters newsletter for the nonprofit newsroom CalMatters, returns with an update on what's happening at EDD.

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