Jul 22, 2021
The Center for Workers’ Rights and Altshuler Berzon LLP reached an agreement with the Employment Development Department (EDD) to pay unemployment insurance benefits (UI) to claimants whose continued eligibility EDD is unable to resolve within two weeks. The complaint... 
Mar 19, 2021
The Center for Workers’ Rights celebrates the one year anniversary of our Coronavirus Job Protection Helpline. In the year the line has been open, we have been able to serve more than 24 thousand workers who have called in looking for help and resources. This... 
Ene 30, 2021
The Center for Workers’ Rights and 52 other organizations throughout the state have partnered with the The California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) to be a part of the new California COVID-19 Workplace Outreach Project (CWOP). This endeavor seeks to... 
Oct 23, 2020
The Center for Workers’ Rights continues to advocate for reforms to improve California’s unemployment insurance benefit system. As a workers’ rights organization, we have seen first-hand the impact of EDD’s decisions in administering benefits for low-wage... 
Sep 16, 2020
Due to the massive influx of uninsurance claims being filed by workers due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Center for Workers’ Rights held its first Clinic exclusively for workers needing individualized advice on their claim for unemployment insurance benefits.... 