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  2. Why unemployment rising in states like California and New ...

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    In California, for instance, the state unemployment rate hit 5.3% in February, up 0.8% from a year ago and the highest in the nation. New Jersey's unemployment rate hit 4.8% in February, also up 0.8%.

  3. Employment Development Department - Wikipedia

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    In California, the Employment Development Department ( EDD) is a department of the state government that administers Unemployment Insurance (UI), Disability Insurance (DI), and Paid Family Leave (PFL) programs. The department also provides employment service programs and collects the state's labor market information and employment data.

  4. California returns to job growth in March, but unemployment ...

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    For the first quarter, California saw payroll job gains of 47,300, about 5.7% of the nationwide total. Meanwhile, the state’s unemployment rate has gone up to 5.3% from 4.5% in March 2023, while ...

  5. California is trying again to extend unemployment ... - AOL

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    California pays up to $450 per week in unemployment payments, capped at 26 weeks. To qualify, workers must show that they are unemployed through no fault of their own and are actively looking for ...

  6. California unemployment statistics - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of California unemployment statistics. Many of the counties with the lowest unemployment rates had relatively high levels of income. They were also located in Northern California, with two exceptions: Orange and San Luis Obispo counties. The counties with the highest unemployment rates were generally located in inland ...

  7. Unemployment insurance in the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Unemployment insurance in the United States, colloquially referred to as unemployment benefits, refers to social insurance programs which replace a portion of wages for individuals during unemployment. The first unemployment insurance program in the U.S. was created in Wisconsin in 1932, and the federal Social Security Act of 1935 created ...

  8. California in a jam after borrowing billions to pay ... - AOL

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    In 2022, California workers stayed on unemployment aid for an average of 18.1 weeks, compared with 14.5 weeks nationally, according to a study by the Department of Labor's former lead actuary, ...

  9. Unemployment benefits - Wikipedia

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    Economics. Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by authorized bodies to unemployed people. In the United States, benefits are funded by a compulsory governmental insurance system, not taxes on individual citizens.