The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a wide range 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 manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves employment records for more than 17 million California workers.

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

- Assisting companies with their labor requirements.

• Helping task seekers get employment.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in becoming self-sufficient.
• Helping jobless and handicapped employees through the administration 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 provides administrative support to the Department consisting of service operations preparing and assistance services, human resource services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department's yearly budget.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the direction of the Department to guarantee that programs and services are consistent with the Department's mission and objectives. In addition, the includes:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and deals with discrimination problems submitted versus the Department by employees, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and supplies specialist services on all elements of equivalent employment chance. Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and employment 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 administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California workers who are unable to work due to disease, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays 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 individuals. Employers also have the alternative of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is accountable for preparing policy development, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch supplies data processing technical assistance and services for one of the biggest infotech environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch provides crucial audit, investigation, study, evaluation, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services help programs operate successfully and effectively, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in financial assets that pass through the EDD every year. Also works as the EDD's primary liaison with state and federal elected authorities and supplies information, 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 General Public Affairs Branch provides outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD site and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the biggest tax collection agencies in the nation, the Tax Branch deals with all administrative, education, customer care, 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 almost $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax files and remittances, and maintains records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch offers a range of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and employment offers one-on-one services to employers to help them meet their tax commitments.
  
  Discover more details about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers benefits to people who have actually lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, have the ability to work, and want to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays out nearly $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 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 largest public work services operations in the world offering services at numerous service areas statewide and connecting one million task candidates with employers each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job candidate services include job referral, job search workshops, positioning services, and unique assistance to individuals who are experiencing trouble in finding work.
  
  Services to companies include matching job openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the largest swimming pool of task candidates in California.
  
  The WSB also administers a number of statewide workforce preparation programs and efforts that concentrate on preparing adults and youth for the manpower and developing 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), previously understood as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of local, state, personal, and public entities that supply detailed and ingenious work services and resources to satisfy the requirements of the California labor force.