What You Need to Apply
for Unemployment Insurance
1. Email address
2. Exact of your last workplace
3. Immigration card number
4. Social Security card (exact name and number)
5. Driver’s License number or California ID number
6. The exact name of your last supervisor
MORE RESOURCES TO HELP YOU APPLY FOR YOUR UNEMPLOYMENT SERVICES
Register for CalJOBS, California’s free online resource for job seekers.
Once you’ve registered, you can easily create a résumé and find your next job.
California Unemployment Insurance
Policies at California EDD are rapidly shifting to meet the immense need that has emerged since the COVID-19 pandemic began. We will do our best to update this guide with the latest information. This guide was last updated on March 24, 2021. Check edd.ca.gov for the most recent updates.
Key Contact Information for the EDD
Phone numbers:
Internet, Mail, and Fax:
Still no response from EDD, despite multiple attempts to contact them?
SUBMIT A COMPLAINT FORM TO THE EDD
If your other attempts to troubleshoot have not succeeded, submit a comment, suggestion or complaint using the following complaint form:
Mail the printed form to EDD to the address below:
Unemployment Insurance
Employment Development Department
PO Box 826880 – UIPCD, MIC 40
Sacramento, CA 94280-0001
If you are a UNITE HERE Local 11 member and need help submitting this form, contact your workplace representative or make an appointment with a volunteer if one is available at the links provided above.
Below is a template for how to fill out this form. In the description box (Question 5), you should include as much detail as possible about the problem you are trying to solve so that the person at EDD who reads the letter has all of the information that they need to help you. Some useful info could include: your full name, SSN, dates on which you submitted forms or attempted to contact EDD, and a description of any letters or communications you have received from EDD in the past.
SEND EDD A TEMPLATE LETTER
We have developed some template letters to address common problems that UNITE HERE members have faced over the past few months, but we encourage you to adapt the language to your specific situation and provide as much detail as possible regarding your claim and attempts to contact EDD. The EDD’s fax number is 866.215.9159
Applying or Re-Applying for Unemployment Benefits
You will need the following information:
Unemployment in Arizona
Arizona Unemployment Insurance
You can apply from the Arizona Department of Economic Security Website. If you need help, please call the hotline at (480) 795-5330 EXT 242.
What you need to have when you apply:
You should NOT mark that you have been “discharged,” which means “fired,” because it will take much longer to process (3-4 weeks). You should mark that you have been “laid off,” or have a “lack of hours.”
The process is very streamlined. There’s a helpful video on the front page. If you are struggling with it, call the hotline at 480-795-5330 EXT 242 so someone can walk you through it.