Unemployment benefits for workers in California who have lost jobs or had their hours reduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic now total $110 billion stemming from 16.4 million claims processed since March.
Based on the latest data from the California Employment Development Department, or EDD, both applications received and claims processed last week increased slightly from the week before for the first time in about a month.
The total of federal Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation extension claims for individuals who run out of regular state unemployment benefits accounts for about 26 percent of the nation’s total.
In addition, the EDD also reports a 64 percent reduction in the current backlog of claims since Sept. 19.
These are claims in which individuals have waited more than 21 days for issues to be resolved on either their initial claim for benefits or once they get into continued claim status.
The progress in burning down the backlog is updated each week on the EDD’s Unemployment Data Dashboards webpage.
California’s unemployment benefits reach $110 billion in eight months of pandemic
- Lake County News reports
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