The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a variety of services to millions of 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 tax collection agency, the EDD likewise handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps employment records for more than 17 million California employees.

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has workers situated at hundreds of service places throughout California who provide numerous crucial services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting employers with their labor needs.

• Helping task applicants acquire work.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-dependent.
• Helping out of work and employment handicapped 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 Employment Opportunity Office Legal Office
  
  Administration Branch
  
  The Administration Branch provides administrative support to the Department consisting of service operations preparing and assistance services, personnel services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department’s annual spending plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director’s Office orchestrates the direction of the Department to guarantee that programs and employment services follow the Department’s objective and objectives. In addition, the Director’s Office includes:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and deals with discrimination problems filed against the Department by employees, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and offers consultant services on all aspects of equal job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and support to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and policy.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, employment the EDD had administered the SDI program, which offers partial wage replacement for California workers who are not able to work due to disease, injury, employment 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 employment self-employed people. Employers also have the alternative of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch provides data processing technical assistance and services for one of the largest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch provides key audit, investigation, survey, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services assistance programs operate successfully and effectively, meet federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and secure billions of dollars in monetary assets that go through the EDD annually. Also serves as the EDD’s main liaison with state and federal elected officials and supplies information, 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 Public Affairs Branch is consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, employment 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
  
  Among the largest tax collection agencies in the country, the Tax Branch handles 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 collects practically $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax documents and remittances, and keeps records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch uses a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and supplies one-on-one services to employers to help them fulfill their tax responsibilities.
  
  Learn more information about EDD’s Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies benefits to individuals 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 work. Each year, the EDD pays out almost $6 billion UI benefits and receives and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is funded by mandated employer contributions. Additional services supplied under the UI program consist of Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.
  
  Workforce Services Branch
  
  The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) runs among the biggest public employment services operations worldwide offering services at numerous service areas statewide and connecting one million task hunters with companies each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job candidate services consist of task referral, job search workshops, positioning services, and special support to individuals who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to employers consist of matching job openings with qualified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless job openings and the biggest pool of job applicants in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that concentrate on preparing grownups and youth for the workforce and constructing the state’s economy. California distributes more than $394 million yearly in federal funds to provide training services for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth through the America’s Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously known as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of regional, state, employment personal, and public entities that provide extensive and employment services and resources to fulfill the needs of the California workforce.