1.13 million workers trapped in EDD payment limbo

About 1.13 million unemployed California workers are stuck in EDD payment limbo, including 889,000 workers the state Employment Development Department says it can’t pay “at this time,” even if they’ve been out of work for months amid coronavirus-linked shutdowns.
At a state legislative hearing last week, the state’s Employment Development Department was blasted by lawmakers and members of the public for repeated failures in making payments to unemployed workers.
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