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To better serve our customers, the EDD offers an SMS text notification option for people to receive updates about their unemployment insurance claim. With this service, you'll receive a text alert when: Your claim is processed in our systems.

Yes. You can receive unemployment benefits when you have been fired or laid off by your employer in California, unless your employer can show that you were fired for misconduct. Sometimes, you may not be able to receive unemployment if you have quit your job or been fired with cause.

You can also contact the benefit office and ask them to explain their decision and to tell them any information that you think will show you haven't been overpaid a benefit. This might sort out the problem. If it doesn't, you can dispute the overpayment if you don't agree with it.

Refusal to pay If you unreasonably refuse to repay the overpayment and you still work for the employer/agency, then in law they could take the money from your wages without your permission. If you have left the employer/agency, they could bring a civil claim for recovery of the overpayment as a debt.

If you do not repay your overpayment, the EDD will take the overpayment from your future unemployment, disability, or PFL benefits. This is called a benefit offset. For non-fraud overpayments, the EDD will offset 25 percent of your weekly benefit payments.

Notice of Potential Overpayment If we determine the potential overpayment was not your fault or was not due to fraud, you may qualify for an overpayment waiver. We will send you a Personal Financial Statement (DE 1446) with the Notice of Potential Overpayment.

The unemployment benefit calculator will provide you with an estimate of your weekly benefit amount, which can range from $40 to $450 per week.