The Ca Edd extension is not automatic and a claim form needs to be filled out. The California Employment Development Department website states that the regular unemployment claim still lasts for 26 weeks after which a new claim form will need to be submitted.
These claim forms are automatically sent out to people approaching the 26-week threshold. There is a date on the form, by when the claim form needs to be returned to the California Employment Development Department. As long as the form reaches the EDD by this date then the claimant should not have suffer any interruption in their benefit payments as the forms are normally processed within a day or two of receipt.
The first tier of extension lasts for up to 20 weeks, at which time a second extension will need to be applied for, again by filling in a claim form. This tier lasts for up to 14 weeks and then the third tier will come into action, as long as a claim form has been submitted. This extension lasts for up to 13 weeks. The fourth tier of federal extension lasts for up to 6 weeks and the fifth tier (the FED-ED extension) lasts for up to 20 weeks.
Claim forms need to be submitted to qualify for each tier of extension. This means that there is no change to the number of total weeks that unemployment benefit can be claimed for, 99 weeks is the maximum. After this period unemployed workers in California will have run out of all available benefits. Extended claims can also be made by telephoning the EDD, by fax, or the quickest way, visiting eApply4UI on the website, "www.edd.ca.gov".
These claim forms are automatically sent out to people approaching the 26-week threshold. There is a date on the form, by when the claim form needs to be returned to the California Employment Development Department. As long as the form reaches the EDD by this date then the claimant should not have suffer any interruption in their benefit payments as the forms are normally processed within a day or two of receipt.
The first tier of extension lasts for up to 20 weeks, at which time a second extension will need to be applied for, again by filling in a claim form. This tier lasts for up to 14 weeks and then the third tier will come into action, as long as a claim form has been submitted. This extension lasts for up to 13 weeks. The fourth tier of federal extension lasts for up to 6 weeks and the fifth tier (the FED-ED extension) lasts for up to 20 weeks.
Claim forms need to be submitted to qualify for each tier of extension. This means that there is no change to the number of total weeks that unemployment benefit can be claimed for, 99 weeks is the maximum. After this period unemployed workers in California will have run out of all available benefits. Extended claims can also be made by telephoning the EDD, by fax, or the quickest way, visiting eApply4UI on the website, "www.edd.ca.gov".
