Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - The strike team ’s findings were generally consistent with our office ’s understanding of the major causes of the processing delays and backlog at EDD. Similar to our analysis, the strike team report identifies longstanding practices and one ‑time actions at EDD that are inconsistent with the priority of ensuring eligible workers get benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - During the phase ‑in period, the state also entered the dot ‑com recession. These two cost pressures absorbed the remaining flexibility in the state ’s UI tax system. As  shown in Figure  4 , the state began this period in Schedule C but quickly moved to Schedule F+, the highest tax schedule, where it has remained since.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943