MANY THANKS! I used Unriddler's suggestion and FINALLY spoke with a human being who got my claim form up to date. This worked! AND NEVER GIVE UP JUST LIKE THEY SAY. Spoke to a lady named Ricada. Call 1-866-333-4606 (English) or 1-866-333-4606 (Spanish . I called, was allowed to remain on hold, and finally an extremely nice woman came on the line and said she would put me through to a claim filer. I guess they are on to this already, but they haven't updated the Spanish line to block the 0 option yet as they are slow as molasses! I got approved, got one week's worth of benefits, then never received another claim form again, and I've been unable to log in to Web-Cert as well! Thanks. Thank you! What a relief. I've been trying to fix an issue through the e-mail communication and ended up screwing up the situation worse. My case was further complicated by the fact that the claim forms I received were misprints and held up my payments. THIS EDD AT THIS PHONE DOES NOT HELP WITH CHECK ISSUES, CAL TRAN, OR ANY OTHER CHECK ISSSUES., YOU HAVE TO CALL THE 800 300 5656, I used different tricks to call EDD more than 20 times today. I even called at exactly 8am and thew lines were STILL to busy! 26 minute wait was a 1 hour and 44 minute wait. If you are having trouble viewing the chart, please download ourlatest stats (XLSX). Worked on my first try! It says if you're an employer, press 5. *** This may be the key, I live in a rural area of California. Call 800-300-5616, then press 1 for English, 6 for UI IOnline, 7 for help, 3 for all other questions, then it will ask for your 9 digit social, press 1 to confirm if SSN is correct, then press 3 to hold and wait got me to a HUMAN, which is what I needed as their system did not have the answer to what I needed to know. Thank you so much! The first trick is the moment you hear them start the greeting with, "Thank you" you've got to hang up and redial. I came here,saw Pat's post of 8/11/2015 and called that number. Finally got in with this!! I had been calling every 10 minutes for 3 days before I googled and found this. Twice I got so far as to be put on hold, but both times, was disconnected after twenty minutes. Just Informing everyone the employer works. this totally worked. Haven't been paid in a month because I supposedly filled out my form wrong TWICE, which is BS. I just had to call like 5 times. I've tried all the #'s including the one they mailed to me saying, call us by 7/15/20 or you'll be cut off. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. It only took 5 mins - 2 busy signals, hung up, got a live person on 3rd try. Unfortunately, tried the trick 10 times so far and no luckguess I'll keep at it. Gaining a new respect for UI employees for the simple fact that every time I do get through to someone they are helpful and sympathetic. It worked instantly. Pressed 3 to get to PFL option of the phone tree, from there on, I had to press 1 (Eligibility Info I think it was), wait through ALL of the LONG message and it continues as you say (at the VERY END, it will offer 0 to talk to a rep). You have to listen through that whole message until it gives you options. My wife just had brain surgery to remove a tumor and Ive been calling for 2 weeks to figure out if im filling this complicated form out correctly so our neurologist can forward it to EDD. No waiting whatsoever. What the EDD is doing to innocent people should be illegal. It work like a charm. I tried calling the 800 300 5616 number until I got the Welcome message, then 1511. The best trick..well appreciated and thank you for your due diligence . I can't tell you how grateful I am! Better odds playing the lottery, I think. I have been calling since last week and finally got through today with those numberseverything that I pushed before didn't work but this didthank you. (and you can not fill in even with the correct type). Just do what is prompted 5, 1, 1, 0 took less than a minute. I think I lost that number or maybe it was caught on because when I called that number again I got a rude lady who said I had to call the 800 number, that this was the appeal number. Then hung up. I never would have thought to do this w/o ur comment thanks!! This totally worked! AND I can't get through no matter what I do. The first time with only a hold time of 2 minutes! Sorry, I have posted in replies and thank you in advance. I will update you when I got a call from them. DE 8714AB Rev. I got my questions answered and claim resolved! I LOVE ANNA!! I definitely have learned that it's better trying this method first to talk with EDD versus the online form. I just received a Continued Claim for 1st week 2/23/14-3/1/14 and for 2nd week ending on 3/8/14. You are a life saver! Probably only need it when you cant get through but it dials multiple lines at once and calls you when it get through. Got through right away and the lady who answered sounded like she wanted to help and didn't hate her life. After the new year, when EDD froze 1.4 million accounts in a sudden effort to stop fraudulent activity, the number of calls skyrocketed. Cant say how frustrating it is that the thousands we each pay in CA tax each year is funding a broken and non-existent system. Elizabeth What legislatures have a say in this? Can you say "back pay"? THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!!!!! NOT A SCAM! TTY users: Dial the California Relay Service at 711. I was still on hold for about an hour, but I did get to a helpful representative. Yes! A woman answered and transferred me to a nice guy who helped with my question. I mean I told her I didn't have internet access just FYI. First try and got through! I kept getting the message that all the lines were full, even a one minute after they opened. Thanks to Anna for providing this effective trick! THANK YOU !!! Tried 300 times each day this week, no joke; 3+ hours straight each time. A very helpful & nice guy named Matt assisted me. EDD estimates it will issue a record 7.8 million Form 1099Gs for claimants (five times normal) so will take a few weeks to distribute these (electronically or by . Press '1' for "benefit information." Note that I attempted this both on April 4 and today as follows: if i was approved for pua unemployment benefits from 08/30/20, and after questions by edd, won my appeal.my payments lacked the federal $300 weekly payment agreed upon to begin on sept. 07, 2020. my payments have only been for $150 from 09/12/20 to 12/26/20, yet i received a federal payment of $300 on 09/20/20. This seems to be by design! Isn't it amazing the feeling you felt when you just realized "I GOT THROUGH!!!! Great Tip, due to federal budget cuts EDD staffing and phone hours have been drastically cut back, called for days and never got through. But for those needed to reach unemployment, know it works! Modoc Co., Alturas: 530- 233-4161 I filed a brand new claim using the APPLY EU system online Oct 1 and no response as in no Notice of Award Letter or EDD Brochure, let alone a claim form. http://wh.gov/zaBf or Worked first time. I tried calling through other language and using random options, with nothing to show for it. Do exactly as Mel stated. December 2015 worked like a charm thank you, Hello there I've been hell hard time calling thru edd etc but keep recording not great idea to keep people angry for trying calling them edd dept how excuse they ate ajd they must always answer all any call periods relay service cajt keep waiting longer t9 reach ya edd dept etc please will they call us at 1 831 325 0299 thanks very much for delay waste calling since 3 week what no answer what heck is it and get they work fix right now ajd get all calling the now never neglect any calls !!! Thank you so much !!!!!! It worked first try, the guy was understanding (I fibbed and told them my previous employer suggested calling this way since I needed to talk to someone) an he quickly gave me answers and advice. For Paid Family Leave, I used the following contact number took about 20 times but got through eventually. No surprise. And they answered all my questions. It's not working anymore as of 9/10/13. February 2013 Then 3 My wait was 1 minute! Thanks. ChainAdministrative1 8 mo. :-) :-) :-). Thank you for posting this. edd maximum number of callers 2020. Call 1-877-238-4373 and select your language option and then option 2 for the SDI Online Services Help Desk. Omg the 5-1-1-0 REALLY WORKED!! Most of the time I start off at 8:01 then will try again every 5-7 minutes. I'm simply amazed and want to thank you SO much! But after a brief lecture about that I got helped! THANK YOU TO THE PERSON THAT FOUND THIS TRICK AND TO THOSE WHO CONTINUED TO POST THAT IT STILL WORKS!!! Select This was absolutely great I talked to the best person they gave me all the info I need I could kiss whoever came up with this idea. Oh wait, I have no money to do that. I explained my situation, and even though it was after noon call center cutoff hours, they were able to immediately transfer me over to a live representative at the central office who was friendly & resolved the issue for me (wages missing, causing 4/5/20 claim to be denied) all within 15 minutes total. I have been trying and trying to get through, no luck. Newsom had vowed to deal with the original backlog quickly last summer, and by January, EDD said it had resolved all of those 1.6. If I wanted to wait on hold for 45 minutes, give me that option dangit, don't hang up on me! didnt even have a wait time. I spent 25 days trying to get thru! Lassen Co., Susanville: 530-257-5057, Hi I was wondering if you could guide me to the office that you have called I have too been searching online and I cannot seem to find one and I hav elegy various emails through ui online and it has not gotten me anywhere unfortunately, Search here for local offices, set distance within 100 miles (call the small town locations), phone numbers are listed: Thank you sooo nuch. I've been trying all day today and I still am, and all it does is asks me to select 1 to hear their message in English, then it's says due to the high volume of call they cannot take my call at this time and to please try again later. They will tell you your waiting time, probably 1 min., and you'll get a LIVE person to answer your question. I did run into the maximum number of callers message, so I called first thing the next morning. The letter essentially said that I completely understand that they're overworked and understaffed, but due to a computer error, my claim keeps getting kicked back. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Worked great, definitely use this instead of saying you're a claimant. To verify that it is the EDD calling you, the department said you should "see a caller ID that will show "St of CA EDD" or the UI Customer Service number 1-800-300-5616 during business. Thank-you for posting this! Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) Trinity County, Weaverville: 530-623-5538 During the week that ended on June 26, the EDD phone center received 3.03 million calls, of which the state agency's staffers answered 242,200 calls 8.8%. Newsom initially ordered a shift of 1,300 state workers to create a second EDD call center with expanded hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. seven days a week. Thanks for the help everyone! ** Sample list of Northern California Employment Development Department low population county/city office phone numbers: This is so far, by far, the most helpful tip ever! Requests for services, aids, and/or alternate formats need to be made by calling 1-866-490-8879 (voice). Many people, including my brother have not been paid in almost a month. fireline multi mission; replacing a concealed shower valve Below are some EDD resources: Phone numbers to know: New call center to guide people through filing process -- Monday through Friday, between 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. -- 1-833-978-2511. One guy I could not understand his accent put me on hold and dropped me. what is the Spanish line number? Only to bet put on hold and then dropped. Thank you! Dial (800) 300-5616. Tried numerous times using 5110. Staffers in the Legislature have access to additional resources and can help you get the assistance you need from EDD. Have been calling for weeks and finally came across this post and got through immediately! Call 1-800-480-3287 and select your language option and then option 2 for the SDI Online Services Help Desk. OMG!!!!!!! I called at 7:40- "Sorry our office is closed" again 7:58 "Sorry our office is closed". It turned out there was confusion of the name of my employer because it did not match what was on my W2 form because they changed their outsourcing of who sends out the checks. I think they are catching on to all these trick, none are working for me. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. After 3 1/2 hours of trying to get through, I tried this trick. I still needed to be tenacious to get through where I needed to be - but only ordinarily tenacious - not impossible tenacious as EDD regularly requires. Follow the prompts to enter your SSN, zip code, date of birth, and weekly Make sure you call (800) 300-5616 and not (866) 333-4606. Lupe was super polite and helpful. Experienced no problems whatsoever with the EDD rep. after trying this, worked the first time.

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