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San Francisco Public Press & KSFP, Mel Baker
As the state reopens, unemployment cases are still backlogged
30 minutes Posted May 26, 2021 at 1:00 am.
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While California is set to fully reopen on June 15, the unemployment rate appears to be holding steady. Businesses are opening positions, but residents are also dropping out of the workforce entirely. And the state’s Employment Development Department, which handles unemployment claims, is still working to resolve thousands of backlogged cases and battling fraud. Emily Hoeven, who writes the daily WhatMatters newsletter for the nonprofit newsroom CalMatters, returns with an update on what's happening at EDD.