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The Employment Development Department (EDD) receives hundreds of e-mails each day on a variety of different topics. Below you will find some of the most frequently asked questions (FAQs) and their answers. Before you e-mail your question to us, please review the following list of questions we are asked most often. Your question may have already been answered. If not, please, e-mail your question, and we will answer it as soon as possible.

Unemployment Insurance . . . How do I. . .
  1. Get through to someone when I call?
  2. Reach a "live" person?
  3. File a claim, reactivate my claim, or file a Federal extension?
  4. Discontinue my benefits?
  5. Change my address and or telephone number?
  6. Reschedule my phone interview?
  7. Get a continued claim form (DE 4581)?
  8. Speak to someone in-person about UI?
  9. File a claim on-line if I was in the military, worked for the federal government , worked outside of California, applied for UI in another state, or was issued a form by my employer or union? Your on-line application tells me to file by calling EDD; I would rather file on-line.
  10. Get a copy of my Form 1099G?
  11. Find out the status of my claim?
  12. File my claim when my on-line e-Apply4UI application was rejected?
  13. Find out why I was denied benefits? I paid into the UI system.
  14. Change information on a claim I filed electronically?
  15. Find out if my check has been mailed?
  16. Get a copy of my UI records?
  17. Report fraud?
  18. Check on my claim status? I filed a claim using one of your on-line applications, it's been 10 days and I haven't received any information. What should I do?
More FAQs on Unemployment Insurance

Disability Insurance . . . How do I. . .
  1. Request a claim form?
  2. Report fraud?
More FAQs on Disability Insurance

Paid Family Leave . . . How do I...
  1. File a claim?
  2. Download or order forms and publications?
More FAQs on Paid Family Leave:
  • General
  • Employees
  • Employers
  • Medical Providers


  • Payroll Tax . . . How do I . . .
    1. Change my address?
    2. Get an employer account number?
    3. Download or order forms and publications?
    4. Find the current rates and withholdings tables?
    5. Report fraud?


    Other . . . How do I . . .
    1. Get information about my wages, hours, or working conditions?
    2. Obtain required posters for my business?
    3. Contact EDD or find an EDD office?
    4. Subscribe to EDD's e-mail service?
    More FAQs


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