California Labor and Employment Guidance

Labor & Workforce Development Agency

• Nearly $77 billion in unemployment benefits paid to workers impacted by pandemic (09/03/2020)
• California Secures $4.5 Billion for Lost Wages Assistance Program (08/22/2020)
• California Labor Secretary Announces Groundbreaking Public-Private Partnerships to Support Employers & Workers in Restaurant & Hotel Industries Impacted by COVID-19 (05/01/2020)
• Labor Secretary Issues Directive to Employment Development Department to Suspend Unemployment Insurance Certifications (04/23/2020)
• EDD Registers Historic Number of Processed Unemployment Insurance Claims for Workers Impacted by COVID-19 Pandemic (04/16/2020)
• Cal/OSHA Guidance on Requirements to Protect Workers from Coronavirus
• FAQs on Laws Enforced by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office (04/07/2020)
• Work Sharing Program
• Guidance on Conditional Suspension of California WARN Act Notice Requirements under Executive Order N-31-20 (03/30/2020)

• Overview of Employment Development Department Response to COVID-19 (08/24/2020)
• Federal COVID-19 Response Actions Affecting Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities (04/16/2020)
• State Options to Expand Unemployment Benefits (04/09/2020)
• Unemployment Insurance For Workers Impacted By COVID-19 (03/30/2020)

• Families First Coronavirus Response Act