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The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a wide array of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), labor force financial investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's largest taxation company, the EDD also manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves work records for more than 17 million California employees.

One of the biggest state departments, the EDD has workers situated at numerous service places throughout California who offer numerous important services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting employers with their labor requirements.

Helping job applicants acquire employment.
Administering the federally-funded labor force financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth.
Assisting disadvantaged recipients in becoming self-sufficient.
Helping unemployed and handicapped employees 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 Employment Opportunity Office Legal Office

Administration Branch

The Administration Branch offers administrative support to the Department consisting of company operations planning and support services, personnel services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department's yearly spending plan.

Directorate Office

The Director's Office manages the direction of the Department to guarantee that programs and services are consistent with the Department's mission and goals. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:

Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and deals with discrimination problems submitted versus the Department by workers, companies, and applicants for employment and training, and offers expert services on all elements of equivalent work opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and policy.

Disability Insurance Branch

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

Information Technology Branch

The Infotech Branch is accountable for planning policy advancement, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch supplies information 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, examination, study, examination, and to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering agencies. These services aid programs operate effectively and effectively, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and protect billions of dollars in monetary possessions that travel through the EDD annually. Also serves as the EDD's primary liaison with state and federal elected authorities and offers details, analyses, and policy assistance 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 General Public Affairs Branch provides outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD website and social media pages.

Tax Branch

One of the largest tax collection agencies in the nation, the Tax Branch handles 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 almost $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million employer payroll tax documents and remittances, and maintains records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch offers a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and provides one-on-one services to companies to assist them meet their tax responsibilities.

Find out 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 jobs through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, have the ability to work, and want to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI benefits and receives and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is moneyed by mandated company contributions. Additional services provided under the UI program consist of Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Workforce Services Branch

The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) operates among the biggest public work services operations in the world using services at hundreds of service places statewide and connecting one million task applicants with companies each year.

California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job candidate services include task recommendation, job search workshops, positioning services, and unique support to people who are experiencing problem in finding work.

Services to employers include matching task openings with qualified candidates and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch likewise uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of task openings and the largest pool of task hunters in California.

The WSB also administers numerous statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing grownups and youth for the workforce and constructing the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million each year in federal funds to supply training services for adults, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a cooperation of local, state, personal, and public entities that supply detailed and innovative work services and resources to meet the needs of the California labor force.