The Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a broad variety 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 largest tax collection firm, the EDD also deals with the audit and of payroll taxes and maintains employment records for more than 17 million California employees.

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

- Assisting companies with their labor requirements.

• Helping job candidates get employment.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce investment programs for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-sufficient.
• Helping jobless and handicapped employees through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
• Supporting state activities and advantage 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 Job Opportunity Office Legal Office
  
  Administration Branch
  
  The Administration Branch offers administrative support to the Department consisting of business operations preparing and support services, personnel services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's annual budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the instructions of the Department to make sure that programs and services follow the Department's mission and goals. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and deals with discrimination grievances submitted versus the Department by employees, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and offers specialist services on all elements of equal work chance. Legal Office: Provides legal advice and support to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and regulation.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which supplies partial wage replacement for California employees who are not able to work due to disease, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages 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.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is accountable for preparing policy development, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch provides information processing technical assistance and services for among the largest infotech environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers crucial audit, examination, study, examination, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services help programs run successfully and efficiently, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and secure billions of dollars in financial properties that go through the EDD annually. Also works as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal elected authorities and offers information, 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 made up of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The General Public Affairs Branch supplies outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD site and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the largest tax collection companies in the country, the Tax Branch manages all administrative, education, customer care, and enforcement functions for the audit and collection of UI, employment DI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax (PIT) withholding. Each year, the EDD collects nearly $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax files and remittances, and preserves records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch offers a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and provides one-on-one services to employers to assist them fulfill their tax obligations.
  
  Find out more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years back, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies advantages to people who have actually lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, are able to work, and want to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays nearly $6 billion UI advantages and receives and processes more than 2 million 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) operates among the biggest public employment services operations on the planet offering services at numerous service areas statewide and linking one million task seekers with companies each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job applicant services include job recommendation, task search workshops, placement services, and unique assistance to individuals who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to companies include matching job openings with qualified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch likewise uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of job openings and the largest pool of task applicants in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers numerous statewide workforce preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing adults and youth for the labor force and building the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million annually in federal funds to offer 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 partnership of regional, state, personal, and public entities that offer extensive and ingenious employment services and resources to satisfy the needs of the California labor force.