EDD and Unemployment Benefits

In California, if an employee has been terminated from their employment, they may be entitled to unemployment insurance benefits. A claimant for unemployment benefits is unqualified if they voluntarily resigned from their employment or if they engaged in willful or wanton disregard of the employer’s interests. Many times, the EDD may deny an employee’s claim based on an employer’s response that alleges employee misconduct leading to the termination. If this is the case and an employee has actually been wrongfully terminated, the denial may be overturned through the appeals process. The appeals board will hold a hearing in front of an administrative law judge. Employees have the right to bring a legal representative to the hearing to advocate for reversal of the initial decision.

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Based in Los Angeles, serving all of California. Jurisdictions include: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada County, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, and Yuba.

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