Filing an Unemployment Insurance Claim

Full instructions: edd.ca.gov/Unemployment/Filing_a_Claim.htm
Information you need to file a claim: You’ll need to provide your personal information & your: 

• Last employer information including company name, supervisor’s name, address (mailing and physical location) and phone number 
• Last date worked and the reason you are no longer working 
• Gross earnings in the last week you worked, beginning with Sunday and ending with your last day of work 
• Information on all employers you worked for during the past 18 months, including name, address (mailing and physical location), the dates of employment, gross wages earned, hours worked per week, hourly rate of pay, and the reason you are no longer working. 

• Notice to Federal Employees About Unemployment Insurance, Standard Form 8 (former federal employees only) 
• DD 214 Member 4 copy (ex-military only) 
• Citizenship status, and, if you are not a U.S. citizen, information from your employment authorization document 

File Online: edd.ca.gov/Benefit_Programs_Online.htm

File by Phone: Representatives are available at the following toll-free numbers, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 12 noon (Pacific time) except on  state holidays. 

• English 1-800-300-5616 
• Spanish 1-800-326-8937 
• Cantonese 1-800-547-3506 

• Mandarin 1-866-303-0706 
• Vietnamese 1-800-547-2058 
• TTY 1-800-815-9387