The Employment Development Department (EDD) provides a wide range 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 biggest tax collection firm, the EDD likewise manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps employment records for more than 17 million California workers.
Among the biggest state departments, the EDD has staff members situated at numerous service areas throughout California who supply lots of essential services to millions each year, consisting of:
- Assisting companies with their labor requirements.
- Helping job candidates acquire employment.
- Administering the federally-funded workforce investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and youth.
- Assisting disadvantaged receivers in becoming self-sufficient.
- Helping unemployed and disabled employees through the of the UI and SDI programs.
- Supporting state activities and benefit programs by gathering 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 supplies administrative support to the Department including service operations planning and support services, human resource services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's annual spending plan.
Directorate Office
The Director's Office orchestrates the instructions 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 fixes discrimination complaints submitted against the Department by workers, employment employers, and candidates for work and training, and supplies specialist services on all aspects of equal work chance. Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and employment assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and policy.
Disability Insurance Branch
For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which offers partial wage replacement for California workers 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 also administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed individuals. Employers also have the choice of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
Information Technology Branch
The Infotech Branch is accountable for planning policy advancement, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch supplies information processing technical support and services for one of the biggest details technology environments in state government.
Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
This branch provides key audit, examination, survey, evaluation, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services help programs run effectively and efficiently, meet federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in monetary properties that go through the EDD every year. Also serves as the EDD's primary liaison with state and federal elected authorities and provides info, 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, and manages the EDD site and social networks pages.
Tax Branch
One of the biggest taxation firms in the nation, the Tax Branch manages 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 nearly $54 billion in payroll taxes, consisting of 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 provides one-on-one services to companies to help them meet their tax obligations.
Find out more details about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
Unemployment Insurance Branch
Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies advantages 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 are willing to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays nearly $6 billion UI advantages and receives and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is moneyed by mandated company 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) runs among the biggest public employment services operations on the planet using services at numerous service areas statewide and linking one million job hunters with companies each year.
California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job applicant services consist of task referral, task search workshops, positioning services, and special support to people who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
Services to companies include matching task openings with certified candidates and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch also provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of task openings and the largest pool of job hunters in California.
The WSB likewise administers numerous statewide labor force preparation programs and employment initiatives that focus on preparing adults and youth for the workforce and constructing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million every year in federal funds to offer training services for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of regional, state, personal, and public entities that supply thorough and innovative employment services and resources to satisfy the needs of the California workforce.