The Employment Development Department (EDD) provides a wide array of services to millions of Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's largest company, the EDD also handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and maintains employment records for more than 17 million California workers.

One of the biggest state departments, the EDD has workers situated at numerous service areas throughout California who offer many important services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting employers with their labor requirements.

• Helping task applicants acquire work.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in becoming self-dependent.
• Helping out of work and handicapped 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 offers administrative support to the Department including service operations preparing and assistance services, employment human resource services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's yearly budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates the direction of the Department to guarantee that programs and services are constant with the Department's objective and goals. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and fixes discrimination problems submitted against the Department by employees, employers, and applicants for work and training, and provides consultant services on all aspects of equal employment chance. Legal Office: Provides legal suggestions 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 actually administered the SDI program, which supplies 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 likewise 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 planning policy advancement, system upkeep, support, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch provides data processing technical assistance and services for among the biggest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, employment Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch supplies essential audit, investigation, survey, examination, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services aid programs operate effectively and efficiently, meet federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and protect billions of dollars in monetary assets that travel through the EDD each year. Also serves as the EDD's primary liaison with state and federal elected officials and provides info, analyses, and policy assistance on legal 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 employment Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The General Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD website and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the biggest tax collection companies 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 practically $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million employer payroll tax documents and remittances, and keeps records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch provides a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and offers one-on-one services to companies to help them satisfy their tax commitments.
  
  Find out more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers advantages to people who have actually lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, are able to work, and are ready to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays nearly $6 billion UI benefits and receives and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is moneyed 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 Workforce Services Branch (WSB) runs among the biggest public work services operations in the world providing services at numerous service areas statewide and connecting one million task seekers with employers each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job seeker services consist of task recommendation, job search workshops, positioning services, and special support to individuals who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to companies consist of matching job openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch likewise offers CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of task openings and the biggest swimming pool of task seekers in California.
  
  The WSB also administers numerous statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that concentrate on preparing adults and youth for the workforce and building the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million yearly in federal funds to supply training services for adults, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a cooperation of regional, state, private, and public entities that offer thorough and ingenious employment services and resources to meet the requirements of the California workforce.