The Employment Development Department (EDD) provides a large variety of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest taxation company, the EDD likewise handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves employment records for more than 17 million California employees.

One of the largest state departments, the EDD has workers situated at numerous service areas throughout California who supply many essential services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.
- Helping task applicants acquire work.
- Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth.
- Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-sufficient.
- Helping jobless and disabled workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
- Supporting state activities and advantage programs by collecting and administering employment-related taxes (UI, SDI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax withholding).

EDD Branches

Administration Branch
Directorate Office Equal Job Opportunity Office
Legal Office

Administration Branch

The Administration Branch offers administrative support to the Department including organization operations preparing and assistance services, human resource services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's yearly budget plan.

Directorate Office

The Director's Office manages the instructions of the Department to ensure that programs and services are constant with the Department's mission and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:

Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and fixes discrimination grievances submitted against the Department by staff members, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and offers expert services on all aspects of equal work opportunity.
Legal Office: Provides legal advice and support to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and regulation.

Disability Insurance Branch

For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which supplies partial wage replacement for California employees who are unable to work due to health problem, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages and receives and processes more than 927,000 claims. The DI Branch likewise administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed people. Employers also have the option of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Information Technology Branch

The Infotech Branch is accountable for preparing policy development, system maintenance, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch provides data processing technical assistance and services for one of the biggest infotech environments in state government.

Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch supplies essential audit, investigation, study, assessment, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services help programs operate effectively and efficiently, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and employment protect billions of dollars in financial possessions that travel through the EDD each year. Also works as the EDD's main liaison with state and federal chosen authorities and provides information, analyses, and policy guidance on legislative matters to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the Governor's Office, and other governmental entities.

Public Affairs Branch

The General Public Affairs Branch is consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, employment and manages the EDD website and social media pages.

Tax Branch

One of the biggest taxation agencies in the nation, the Tax Branch deals with all administrative, education, customer support, and enforcement functions for the audit and collection of UI, DI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax (PIT) withholding. Each year, the EDD collects practically $54 billion in payroll taxes, consisting of more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax files and remittances, and maintains records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch uses a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and supplies one-on-one services to companies to assist them meet their tax commitments.

Discover more information about EDD's Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies benefits to people who have actually lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, are able to work, and are ready to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays out nearly $6 billion UI advantages and receives and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is funded by mandated company contributions. Additional services supplied under the UI program include Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Workforce Services Branch

The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) runs one of the largest public employment services operations worldwide providing services at hundreds of service places statewide and connecting one million job candidates with employers each year.

California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job seeker services include task recommendation, job search workshops, placement services, and unique support to individuals who are experiencing problem in finding work.

Services to employers consist of matching job openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch likewise offers CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the biggest swimming pool of task candidates in California.

The WSB also administers a number of statewide workforce preparation programs and efforts that concentrate on preparing adults and youth for the labor force and developing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million annually in federal funds to provide training services for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously understood as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a cooperation of regional, state, private, and public entities that provide extensive and ingenious work services and resources to satisfy the requirements of the California workforce.