The March of California’s Unemployment Insurance Fund

California’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) Fund has continued to go deeper and deeper in debt through 2010-a debt of $7.6 billion at present, projected now to grow to $18.4 billion by the end of 2010. But 2010 has not been all negative for the Fund.
This year has seen advancements in a series of Fund Information Technology projects that should improve call center operations, enable claimants to access their records and file and check claims via the internet, and enable the state to pay claims electronically and with greater security.