The Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a variety of services to millions of 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 largest taxation firm, the EDD also handles 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 staff members located at numerous service places throughout California who provide numerous important services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting employers with their labor requirements.

• Helping task hunters acquire work.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting receivers in becoming self-dependent.
• Helping unemployed and handicapped workers through the administration of the UI and employment 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 offers administrative assistance to the Department including company operations planning and assistance services, personnel services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's yearly budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the direction of the Department to make sure 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 deals with discrimination problems submitted versus the Department by workers, employers, and applicants for work and training, and provides consultant services on all elements of equivalent job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal advice and assistance 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 administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California employees who are unable to work due to illness, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages and employment 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 choice of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch supplies information processing technical support and services for among the largest information technology environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch provides crucial audit, investigation, study, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering agencies. These services assistance programs run efficiently and effectively, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and protect billions of dollars in financial properties that pass through the EDD each year. Also acts as the EDD's main liaison with state and federal elected officials 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 General Public Affairs Branch is consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The General Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD website and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the biggest tax collection companies in the nation, employment the Tax Branch manages all administrative, education, client service, and enforcement functions for the audit and collection of UI, DI, Employment Training Tax, employment and Personal Income Tax (PIT) withholding. Each year, the EDD collects almost $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 employees. The Branch uses a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and offers one-on-one services to employers to assist them fulfill their tax obligations.
  
  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 individuals who have 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 almost $6 billion UI benefits and gets and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is moneyed by mandated company contributions. Additional services provided 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 largest public work services operations on the planet offering services at numerous service locations statewide and connecting one million job seekers with companies each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job applicant services consist of task recommendation, task search workshops, positioning services, and unique assistance to people who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to employers 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 task openings and the largest swimming pool of task applicants in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers several statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that concentrate on preparing grownups and youth for the manpower and developing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million each year in federal funds to provide training services for adults, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of local, state, private, and public entities that supply comprehensive and ingenious work services and resources to fulfill the requirements of the California workforce.