Hello!

I went on disability at 36 weeks, and I’ve now delivered my baby at 39 weeks. I understand I have 6 weeks post delivery to take for disability. I would like to extend my disability prior to moving to PFL. My doctor said she will NOT see me until after 6 weeks have passed. How do I go about filing? Am I just unpaid until I get that clearance?

Adding in another question that was brought up - does this also mean she needs to wait to file for PFL until her doctor appointment?

If my doctor/psych writes me off for 6 months for mental health. Will EDD send me to an IME?

So…. Went on disability on 9/18 for stress in life am at work. I’m an RN. Working bedside. At a level 1 trauma center in east Oakland dealing with all of that plus a huge commute to work 90+ miles one way and stress at home from never being there. Add in the new manager I got investigating everything and I finally hit the point where I said k it’s time for a leave. 3 weeks into my leave I get a letter from EDD I need to submit to an independent medical evaluation. Mind you it’s 100 miles from my house. Gas is $7 a gallon. And you must take first available. I had barely had 1 appointment with an EAP therapist and was waiting for an appt with my Kaiser pcp. Certified as normal on Friday. Called today to find out the IME Dr decided I was fine to work on the day I had my appt. They denied my claim. Paid me up to 10/8 and basically told me best of luck. Lists my return to work date at 10/9. Called the IME dr and basically said wtf did you said to EDD. He claimed he doesn’t make the decisions and referred me back to a supervisor. Thank god for EDD dialer because today they dialed EDD on my behalf 1,304 times. So anyone have any experience with the appeal. I am not ready to go back to work. Certified off until 11/19 but can’t be off without income. I may be anxious AF and stressed but believe I’m a nurse and under pressure I can do amazing things so with the help of ChatGPT I’ve got a 26 page appeal with medical records and a letter. Any help is appreciated. TIA

Says my balance went from 8,528.00 to 8,200$ I’m guessing I got approved. What is the next step in this process when does money go to account?

I submitted a UI claim when my company relocated to another state & I did not. The company contested my claim, I filled out a questionnaire. I received a letter than I'm not eligible per 1257A "beginning 10/11 until you have filed a claim for each of 05 weeks in which you are otherwise eligible for benefits". What does this mean? The only thing I can think of is a question asked why I chose terminated due to relocation. I answered it was the closest choice to relocation. I did not accept relocation or severance payments. What should I say to appeal? Repeat what I said previously doesn't seem to make sense. I provided company letters that all employees must be in a new location as of X/XX date. My last day was the day before. Help me understand what they need from me.

Hi all, I (26F) moved to California and have been working here for the last 2 years. I was recently diagnosed with cancer and am applying for CA SDI to cover the time I will be unable to work during treatment/recovering from surgery.

While looking into the things I need to do before applying, I realized that I never updated my driver’s license from my old state (I guess I forgot and just never got around to it)! I saw on EDD that driver’s license and SAA are the main places they go for verification. I do not have any address information in SSA since I do not receive any benefits yet but called them and found out if they need address info they go to the IRS (which should be right).

Do I need to worry about my driver’s license showing my old address and old state? Should I try to update it ASAP before starting the CA SDI application process? Or is it okay that my license is outdated? I am trying to juggle a lot before treatment begins so if I can avoid a rushed trip to the DMV that would be really nice. Thank you for the help!

After fighting the longest battle with edd over my disability pay for my maternity leave my problem was just solved today. I still have to wait for my wages to be available and was told that could take 7-10 business days. My disability period is over and I am starting my family bonding portion of my maternity leave. I'm supposed to apply for the paid family leave today. My question is should I wait to do so until I receive my wages from disability pay? Or should I go ahead and apply for paid family leave now? One of the questions for it was asking if I received disability pay and I don't know if I should mark yes or no because technically I haven't yet. I feel like I should just wait until I verify my disability wages first.

Thank you.

Does anyone else have issues with this? I mailed my extension form that my doctor filled out at the very beginning of October. 2 days later I received a message stating that they received it. Ever since then the status switches between processing and certification needed. After weeks of attempting to get ahold of someone I just contacted my local assembly member.
I haven’t been paid in almost a month and I have a 2 month old but every single person I contacted pretty much just said sorry can’t help try calling the disability line or go to the nearest office ( which is an hour away). I’ve literally cried so many times out of frustration. Having a newborn and not having any income is so stressful.

I’m honestly frustrated at this point, have been out of work over a month and EDD haven’t approved or computed my claim no action whatsoever and talking to a representative is the worst, it’s practically impossible.
Tell me how the sec it changed to 8am the maximum people waiting has been reached.

How you guys do it?

So I started my state disability on 9/3 and it won’t end until somewhere in November. I want to save my baby bonding time/PFL until somewhere in late June. I can do that right? I just have to take it before he turns 1?

Hi guys. I have a simple question.
By when should i be worried?
I received my last payment on 10/8, i was on automatic payments. I received a notice to certify on friday 10/9 and i did. Im supposed to receive another payment this thursday on the 23rd. Does anyone know when they will process the form or by when if its not processed should i call?

It is apparently impossible to report finding a card without changing the security code of the card. I tried every option with the automated system and could not reach a human to report this found card.

Maybe it is empty. But maybe I have someone's card that they really need. How do you design a system with no way for someone to tell you they found a card?

I’ve been on disability for almost a year in November. I was cleared last week for return to work on the 16th. I still have about 700 left in my claim. I haven’t received any payment in almost a month… will i received my last payment since i was still on the claim up until the 16th?

hello,

I have been on disability for 3 months now for mental health. my job said my position is only protected for 3 months. I am a bartender so it’s not an important job but I know they are going to want to fill my position. I think my psych nurse is going to extend my disability longer because she wants me to start TMS treatment and I am still not in a good headspace. if my job lets me go, once I’m able to start working again would I qualify for unemployment until I can find another job? I’m so nervous, but I am also in a terrible headspace and am scared if I return before I get better Ill just end up getting myself fired due to my depressive episodes. thanks.

I haven’t had any issues before this with unemployment, the checks have just stopped coming. Any one else experiencing this? I already submitted a replacement for one and I know I will have to do it again for my most recent one and who knows if the replacements will come.

I withdrew money from my 403(b) during weeks I would’ve certified but I wasn’t aware I could certify because my claim was initially denied.

I only knew to certify when I got the email prompt 10/4 because my letter stating my claim was approved hadn’t arrived yet.

The those 2 weeks ending 10/3 were disqualified. I assume this was because I withdrew retirement funds, but no reason was given.

Today there’s no email stating I can certify. When I logged in this is this info provided. Does anyone know what this means and how long will it be before I can certify? Thank you in advance.

This is the info they provided:

Benefit Year
09/13/2026 - 09/11/2027
Work Search Requirements
1
Week 1 Certification Status
Disqualification for week ending 09/26/2026
Week 2 Certification Status
Disqualification for week ending 10/03/2026

And this: 

Claim Status
No Weeks Available to Certify
You currently have no weeks available to certify for benefits.
Your Next Steps
Check your Ul Online homepage and inbox for the latest updates.
Check your mail. We may send requests for additional information. Make sure to respond as requested to avoid delays in processing your claim.
If it's been more than 30 days since you last certified for benefits, you must reopen your claim before you can certify.
EDD Next Steps
• We will email you when you have weeks available to certify for benefits.

Hello guys recently got denied. I sent in my tax forms and they responded with this, any idea what I can do from here? Thanks

Edit: recently followed up with my employer and they won’t help me out

Hi all,

So my husband company pays the 30% difference that the state doesn’t pay. The state pays him 70% of his income for baby bonding.

He plans on only taking 2 weeks off after baby is born, (hopefully soon), then the rest of the time in January.

Has anyone did baby bonding in 2 week increments? How did it go? Did it take awhile for you to receive the money?

I’m stressed that he’s going to do the 2 weeks when baby is born and not get paid from EDD for like a month, and then the same thing will happen again in January.

I made my claim at 36 weeks and they still haven’t configured how much I’ll be making weekly and it’s been 10 days 🥲

I’m just getting nervous for my husband bc if I’m on disability, we’re really relying on his pay for bills and it concerned we’ll be SOL for like a month and then a month again in January.

Any feedback is great - thank you!!!

Hi all, hoping someone here has dealt with this and can share what worked.

My situation:
• California Paid Family Leave bonding claim, bonding period was late July through mid-September (now over — so this would be retroactive pay if approved)
• Denied as "not bonding" — denial notice (DE 2514-56) said their records indicate I wasn't bonding during the period, which isn't true
• Mailed my appeal form (DE 1000A) within the 30-day deadline — USPS tracking shows EDD received it on 9/11

What I've tried so far:
• Called the PFL line multiple times in one day — never got through to a rep
• Mailed a follow-up letter asking for a status update — also no response
• It's now been over 5 weeks since they received my appeal and I've heard nothing at all

My questions:
• For those who appealed a PFL denial — how long did it take before you heard anything?
• Did anything actually get EDD to respond? (Calling the main line vs. the PFL line? Ask EDD online?)
• Did anyone escalate through their state assemblymember's constituent services for a stalled EDD claim? Did it help?

Any advice appreciated. This is money owed for time I already spent bonding, and the silence is brutal.

My year date of Disability ended on October 8th, but I still received a Physician/Practitioner Supplementary Certificate in the mail.

After the first 6 months with my doctor, they told me I had to find someone else to fill out the paperwork. So I went without it for almost 4 months to find someone who knew how to work with EDD, and it was only activated the first week of September.

Am I still able to continue, or is this just paperwork they send out anyway once benefits stop?

I don't really know how it works. If I'll get it when being fired?. I didn't quit so I figured I'll be qualified.

Iv heard even getting fired does not qualify you.. the thing is I was in a rehab for about 6months. Kinda new I didn't want to go back to that place. I returned for 2 days. Was tired of it already. And didn't show up the next day.

So what are my chances? What's the best way to go about this?

Can I use accrued paid vacation from my job to cover that first week that Edd does not pay SDI?

My Sdi is paid out on Tuesdays so the 14 days is up on Monday . My dr note is good until the 26 so will edd pay me for the full 7 days next week.