Labor/Employment,
Government
Dec. 18, 2020
Bill aims to require unemployment claims to be checked with prison records
Thirty-five other states already cross reference unemployment and prison data. AB 110 would also require checks with county jail records, as 28 states also do.
Lawmakers have introduced a bill designed to fight unemployment fraud by prisoners. The bill is a response to a recently discovered fraud ring involving prisoners who may have stolen up to $2 billion in benefits.
"The government must do a better job as custodian of our hard-earned taxpayer dollars," said the bill's lead author, Assemblywoman Petrie-Norris, D-Laguna Beach, in a news release. "AB 110 will enable EDD [the Employment ...
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