Hello All-
My wife had unemployment insurance in CA about 3 years back. About a year after she was back to work, EDD sent mail saying they had overpaid her. She disputed and had documentation to back her up. Because EDD is purposely underfunded, getting hold of someone on the phone is next to impossible. So she duly put in her paperwork by mail and got back a letter essentially saying, tough, you owe us. Well, she tried to reach someone as her job allowed, and never did. She sent in another round of documented protest, and got back the same form letter declining to change their decision. At the time we couldn't pay what they said she owed, and over the next few years they kept tacking on fees and never responding to anything except by form letter. So today I find EDD just stole our refund, and I think to date they've jacked up the fees to around 8000.00. We don't live in the state as of last year, November.
Is there anyway to get EDD to see they were in error, and have all fees and penalties dropped? And the monies they've claimed from our refund?
If there isn't, and since there's no way in heck we'll ever be able to afford what they say we owe, what do we do? I'm unemployed, now I'm afraid they'll try to take my unemployment. Any suggestions on how to approach this. Are there people that work on your behalf to intercede between us and the EDD? I just feel sick about this, and it comes on the heels of all sorts of bad news. Thanks.
My wife had unemployment insurance in CA about 3 years back. About a year after she was back to work, EDD sent mail saying they had overpaid her. She disputed and had documentation to back her up. Because EDD is purposely underfunded, getting hold of someone on the phone is next to impossible. So she duly put in her paperwork by mail and got back a letter essentially saying, tough, you owe us. Well, she tried to reach someone as her job allowed, and never did. She sent in another round of documented protest, and got back the same form letter declining to change their decision. At the time we couldn't pay what they said she owed, and over the next few years they kept tacking on fees and never responding to anything except by form letter. So today I find EDD just stole our refund, and I think to date they've jacked up the fees to around 8000.00. We don't live in the state as of last year, November.
Is there anyway to get EDD to see they were in error, and have all fees and penalties dropped? And the monies they've claimed from our refund?
If there isn't, and since there's no way in heck we'll ever be able to afford what they say we owe, what do we do? I'm unemployed, now I'm afraid they'll try to take my unemployment. Any suggestions on how to approach this. Are there people that work on your behalf to intercede between us and the EDD? I just feel sick about this, and it comes on the heels of all sorts of bad news. Thanks.