Assemblymember Henry T. Perea applauded Governor Brown's plan to improve California's unemployment insurance program by hiring new staff and implementing new phone technologies at the Employment Development Department, which has struggled under heavy workload. While welcoming the state's funding to help unemployed Californians, Perea also called on the federal government not to abdicate its responsibility to fund the program through taxes paid by California employers.
Assemblymember Henry T. Perea applauded Governor Brown's plan to improve California's unemployment insurance program by hiring new staff and implementing new phone technologies at the Employment Development Department, which has struggled under heavy workload. While welcoming the state's funding to help unemployed Californians, Perea also called on the federal government not to abdicate its responsibility to fund the program through taxes paid by California employers.
Assemblymember Henry T. Perea applauded Governor Brown's plan to improve California's unemployment insurance program by hiring new staff and implementing new phone technologies at the Employment Development Department, which has struggled under heavy workload. While welcoming the state's funding to help unemployed Californians, Perea also called on the federal government not to abdicate its responsibility to fund the program through taxes paid by California employers.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Alicia Isaacs, (916) 224-8488 February 7, 2014
Perea Responds to Governor Browns Plan for Unemployment Insurance Program
SACRAMENTO Assemblymember Henry T. Perea (D-Fresno), Chair of the Assembly Insurance Committee, made the following statement in response to todays announcement by the Brown Administration of major new proposals to improve the delivery of unemployment benefits to eligible Californians: Governor Brown and his team should be applauded for taking major steps to shore up efforts of the Employment Development Department (EDD). EDD has struggled under record workload and diminishing resources, and unemployed Californians have called for improved services. The Administrations plan includes hiring new staff and implementing new technologies in their phone system. I want to thank the Governor for putting together a plan that responds to the needs of unemployed Californians right away. This plan responds to many of the problems that I have been concerned about as a result of the input from constituents and from others around the state. I look forward to continuing to work with the Administration to get our unemployment insurance program back on its feet. The state is stepping up to the plate and providing the funding necessary to serve unemployed Californians, but this doesnt justify the federal government abdicating its responsibility to fund this program from the federal taxes paid by California employers.
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