California halting new unemployment claims for 2 weeks during ‘reset’ with staff, technology– California will not accept new unemployment claims over the next two weeks while the state’s Employment Development Department adopts new fraud prevention technology and works to clear out a backlog, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced late Saturday. SacBee 9/20/20
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California stops taking new unemployment applications until Oct. 5 as EDD retools – The California Employment Development Department has stopped taking new applications for unemployment benefits as it reorganizes its processes to address a growing backlog.- The California Employment Development Department has stopped taking new applications for unemployment benefits as it reorganizes its processes to address a growing backlog. California’s Employment Development Department has stopped taking new applications for unemployment benefits until Oct. 5 while it “resets” itself to “help prevent backlog growth,” it said in a news release issued late Saturday. SF Chronicle 9/20/20
