When the EDD asks you to report earnings for a period, it means, did you get hired, work, and get paid. You don’t work to get Dismissal Pay. It is delayed Severance pay. So, if you receive Dismissal Pay, this should be reported as Severance on your Unemployment Insurance report in the state of California. If you report is as pay, you will not receive unemployment for that week.
You can find out more about how Dismissal Pay works here.
If you are working in another state, please look at that state’s policies on receiving dismissal/severance pay and how to report it for unemployment.