![]() ![]() Many worry that some of these claimants currently under investigation are fraudulent, and that it could add to the $31 billion in fraudulent claims paid out by the state last year.”The state’s action is a stunning admission that they can’t do their fundamental task of paying legitimate claims while rooting out fraud,” said Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno). ![]() If EDD cannot make a determination by the end of the week, following the week that they find the eligibility issue, EDD will make those payments while they continue to investigate.” “This is a monumental change by EDD that will allow more claimants to be paid on time.”However, the change has proved to be controversial. So, that there’s no longer that stop payment when there’s an eligibility issue. So they couldn’t receive benefits for any weeks going forward, regardless of whether they had eligibility issues for the future weeks. #California edd full“Once EDD has identified that there’s an eligibility issue, before this week, what EDD did is issue a full stop payment on claiming accounts. The change by the EDD was spurred by a recent lawsuit with the Center for Workers’ Rights that included the new claimant payment policy as part of its settlement. EDD unemployment policy changed due to recent lawsuit During the later half of June, the EDD received nearly 5.9 million calls from over 420,000 unique callers, highlighting that while the EDD has made significant changes since last year, unemployment payment issues have persisted. However, the total number of backlogged claims has remained in the six-figure range, with the EDD missing their original June target to get through all remaining claims.Ĭalls to the EDD, many over unemployment claims being halted, have also remained high. While the Department did eventually institute changes and updates, as well as hire new staff, the number of backlogged claims was over 1 million until November 2020, with number going down significantly in subsequent months. The EDD has had a significant backlog of unemployment claims since the pandemic started in March 2020. “In response, we are launching a new program that will help many Californians get benefits faster.” “We know many claimants who cleared fraud filters and verified identity have been waiting too long for payment,” said EDD Director Rita Saenz on Thursday. The EDD added that unemployment benefit claimants who are found to not be eligible will likely be required to pay back the amount in full, but that there will be exceptions in place for reasons such as financial hardship. Under the new policy, up to 100,000 Californians waiting on payments will now be tentatively cleared to start being paid as soon as today and over the next few weeks. Specifically, the new unemployment payment policy will affect all current pending or on-hold payments where there had been at least one previous payment but then was placed into a pending status. The Employment Development Department (EDD) announced on Thursday that unemployment payments would now be going through for claimants while they are under investigation or otherwise have been pending for more than two weeks under a new “pay now” policy. ![]()
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