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The Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a variety of services to millions of Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), labor force investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest tax collection firm, the EDD also handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps work records for more than 17 million California workers.

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has employees located at numerous service areas throughout California who provide many important services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting employers with their labor requirements.

Helping task candidates get employment.
Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and youth.
Assisting disadvantaged recipients in becoming self-dependent.
Helping jobless and disabled employees through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
Supporting state activities and benefit 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 provides administrative assistance to the Department including organization operations preparing and assistance services, personnel services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's yearly budget plan.

Directorate Office

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

Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and solves discrimination complaints filed versus the Department by workers, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and provides expert services on all elements of equivalent job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and support to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and regulation.

Disability Insurance Branch

For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which offers 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) benefits and gets 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 individuals. Employers also have the alternative of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Infotech Branch

The Information Technology Branch is accountable for preparing policy development, system upkeep, support, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch offers information processing technical assistance and services for one of the biggest details technology environments in state federal government.

Policy, Accountability, and employment Compliance Branch

This branch offers key audit, examination, study, examination, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services aid programs operate efficiently and efficiently, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and protect billions of dollars in monetary properties that pass through the EDD yearly. Also serves as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal elected officials and offers info, analyses, and policy assistance on legal 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 provides outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD website and social media pages.

Tax Branch

Among the largest tax collection companies in the nation, the Tax Branch deals with all administrative, education, client service, and enforcement functions for the audit and collection of UI, DI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax (PIT) withholding. Each year, the EDD gathers practically $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 provides a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and supplies individually services to companies to assist them satisfy their tax obligations.

Find out more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers benefits to individuals who have actually lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, are able to work, and are ready to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI advantages and gets and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is moneyed by mandated employer contributions. Additional services offered under the UI program consist of Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Workforce Services Branch

The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) operates one of the largest public employment services operations in the world providing services at numerous service areas statewide and linking one million job hunters with employers each year.

California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job candidate services include job referral, job search workshops, placement services, and unique support to individuals who are experiencing trouble in finding work.

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

The WSB likewise administers numerous statewide labor force preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing adults and youth for the labor force and building the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million yearly in federal funds to offer training services for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of local, state, private, and public entities that provide thorough and ingenious employment and resources to meet the needs of the California labor force.