
Those who qualify for the FED-ED extension will receive the extra $600 stimulus payment provided through the federal CARES Act through July 25, 2020. Those individuals will be mailed a notice of eligibility and will need to continue filling out the usual bi-weekly certifications that determine their eligibility for payment. The EDD is currently looking through its system to see who is running out of the state’s pandemic benefits to automatically file a FED-ED extension on their behalf. People are eligible for the extension if they continue to be out of work or are working reduced hours. Coronavirus Updates: What to Know in SoCalĮffective July 1, the extension is being made available at a time when claimants may be running out of their current Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation extension benefits, which already provided an additional 13 weeks of unemployment money.Pilot Program Allows Homeless Vets to Live in Tents on VA Property.Bars, Wineries, Taprooms Reopen Amid "New Normal".Little Tokyo Small Businesses Reopening After Covid.And they may need to accept different work options, including a position that pays less than what they have earned in the past. The EDD states “a claimant must have earnings during the base period (four-quarter period of earnings) of their regular UI claim that exceed 40 times the weekly benefit amount or 1.5 times their highest quarter of total wages during the base period.”Ĭlaimants must remain both able and available for work, as they do to maintain their regular unemployment benefits, according to the EDD. Individuals hoping to receive the extended benefits need to meet certain eligibility requirements to qualify, however. Gavin Newsom signed Monday, which makes the state eligible for additional unemployment funds from the federal government. Labor Market Information Resources and Data: Home By Customer By Subject By Geography Data Library Online Services Each month the Employment Development Department releases revised and preliminary civilian labor force, unemployment rates, and industry employment by geography for California, metropolitan areas, counties, and sub-county areas. Typically, it will take about a week after you certify before you receive your first benefit payment.


Benefit payments for Unemployment Insurance, Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA), Disability Insurance, and Paid Family Leave are all made using the EDD Debit Card. The additional benefits are possible because of a new budget package California Gov. Look for your EDD Debit Card in the mail. California's unemployment rate is 16.3 percent, compared with 11.1 percent nationally.Claimants must continue to fill out biweekly certifications of their eligibility.Eligible claimants will be automatically enrolled in the extension.California is making an additional 20 weeks of unemployment insurance available to those affected by COVID-19.
