EDD makes progress processing California jobless claims

California’s labor agency said Wednesday it is whittling away a mountain of unemployment claims filed by workers who lost their jobs amid coronavirus-linked government shutdowns, although glitches persist.
The state Employment Development Department has installed a new identity verification technology and said the tool’s first day of operations Monday helped to speed up the processing of new unemployment claims.
“Already, the new tool has helped serve more than 101,000 Californ