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The Employment Development Department (EDD) provides a wide array of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce financial investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest tax collection agency, the EDD also deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps work records for more than 17 million California employees.

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has staff members situated at numerous service locations throughout California who offer numerous important services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.

Helping task seekers obtain employment.
Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth.
Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-sufficient.
Helping out of work and disabled workers 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 supplies administrative support to the Department including organization operations preparing and support services, human resource services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's yearly spending plan.

Directorate Office

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

Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and deals with discrimination complaints submitted against the Department by employees, companies, and candidates for employment and training, and provides expert services on all aspects of equal job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and employment guideline.

Disability Insurance Branch

For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which offers partial wage replacement for California employees who are unable to work due to disease, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages 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 people. Employers likewise have the alternative of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Infotech Branch

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

Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch supplies key audit, investigation, study, evaluation, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services help programs operate effectively and effectively, meet federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and secure billions of dollars in monetary possessions that pass through the EDD yearly. Also works as the EDD's primary intermediary with state and federal chosen authorities and supplies 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 Public Affairs Branch provides outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD website and social media pages.

Tax Branch

One of the largest taxation agencies in the country, 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 Tax (PIT) withholding. Each year, the EDD gathers 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 preserves records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch provides a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and offers one-on-one services to companies to help them fulfill their tax obligations.

Find out more details about EDD's Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years ago, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program provides benefits to people who have actually lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively seeking 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 new claims. The program is funded by mandated company contributions. Additional services offered 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 biggest public employment services operations in the world using services at hundreds of service locations statewide and linking one million task candidates with companies each year.

California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job applicant services include task referral, task search workshops, placement services, and special help to people who are experiencing trouble in finding work.

Services to companies include matching job openings with certified candidates and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the largest pool of job hunters in California.

The WSB also administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing adults and youth for the manpower and building the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million each year in federal funds to supply training services for grownups, 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, employment private, and public entities that supply detailed and innovative employment services and resources to meet the requirements of the California workforce.