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California's laid-off workers get stingier weekly unemployment payments compared with other states, but on average receive the benefits for longer, according to a new study. The Legislative Analyst's Office compared all 50 states for insight into the insolvency of California's... + read more

Lawmakers narrowly passed a heavily lobbied bill today that would prohibit employers from using credit reports to evaluate prospective employees in most circumstances. AB 22, which passed the Senate 21-17 on a largely party-line vote, was one of the most-lobbied bills of the term, according to... + read more

Starting today, unemployed Californians will begin receiving jobless benefits through a debit card instead of a biweekly paper check – a move that will deliver payments faster and save the state about $4 million a year. The state Employment Development Department will distribute 10,000... + read more

The economy’s in the tank – unemployment has been in double digits for a couple of years. The state budget has a $10.8 billion hole in it. It’s June, but yesterday it was 53 degrees and raining in the Bay Area. And now, just to make us feel even worse about the... + read more

As California struggles with one of the highest jobless rates in the country, the state would benefit from creating an earned income tax credit to boost wages and encourage the unemployed to find higher-paying jobs, according to a report released tonight by the Public Policy Institute of California... + read more

Several California metropolitan areas registered among the nation's highest unemployment rates in September, according to figures released yesterday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The El Centro metropolitan area in Imperial County continued to lead the nation with a 30.4 percent... + read more