The Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a variety of services to millions of Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), labor force investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's largest taxation agency, the EDD likewise deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves employment records for more than 17 million California employees.

Among the biggest state departments, the EDD has employees located at hundreds of service areas throughout California who provide lots of crucial services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting employers with their labor needs.

• Helping task hunters get work.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force financial investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-sufficient.
• Helping unemployed 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 supplies administrative assistance to the Department including company operations planning and assistance services, personnel services for EDD staff members, job and accounting for the Department's annual spending plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the direction of the Department to guarantee that programs and services follow the Department's objective and goals. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination problems submitted against the Department by workers, companies, and applicants for work and training, and offers consultant services on all aspects of equivalent job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and policy.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which provides 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 receives and processes more than 927,000 claims. The DI Branch likewise administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed individuals. Employers also have the option of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is responsible for preparing policy development, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch provides data processing technical assistance and services for one of the biggest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers key audit, investigation, survey, evaluation, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services aid programs run successfully and efficiently, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and protect billions of dollars in financial possessions that pass through the EDD each year. Also acts as the EDD's primary intermediary with state and federal chosen authorities and offers info, 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 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, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD site and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the biggest tax collection companies in the nation, the Tax Branch handles all administrative, education, client service, and enforcement functions for the audit and collection of UI, DI, Employment Training Tax, job and Personal Income Tax (PIT) withholding. Each year, the EDD gathers practically $54 billion in payroll taxes, consisting of more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax files and remittances, and keeps records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch offers a range of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and provides one-on-one services to employers to help them fulfill their tax commitments.
  
  Find out more information about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years ago, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers advantages to individuals who have actually lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, are able to work, and are willing to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays out almost $6 billion UI advantages and gets and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is funded by mandated employer contributions. Additional services offered under the UI program include Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.
  
  Workforce Services Branch
  
  The Branch (WSB) runs among the largest public employment services operations in the world offering services at hundreds of service areas statewide and linking one million job seekers with companies each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job seeker services include job referral, task search workshops, placement services, and unique support to individuals who are experiencing trouble in finding work.
  
  Services to employers include matching task openings with qualified prospects and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch also uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless job openings and the biggest pool of job candidates in California.
  
  The WSB also administers numerous statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing grownups and youth for the manpower and constructing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million each year in federal funds to provide training services for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of local, state, personal, and job public entities that supply detailed and ingenious work services and resources to fulfill the requirements of the California workforce.