The Employment Development Department (EDD) provides a wide array of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), labor force investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest tax collection firm, the EDD likewise manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves work records for more than 17 million California workers.

One of the largest state departments, the EDD has employees situated at numerous service locations throughout California who provide numerous important services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.

• Helping job applicants get employment.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, employment and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in becoming self-dependent.
• Helping unemployed and disabled employees through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
• Supporting state activities and advantage 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 Job Opportunity Office Legal Office
  
  Administration Branch
  
  The Administration Branch supplies administrative support to the Department including business operations planning and support services, human resource services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department's annual budget.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the direction 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 solves discrimination grievances submitted against the Department by staff members, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and provides specialist services on all elements of equal work chance. Legal Office: Provides legal suggestions and support 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 actually administered the SDI program, which supplies partial wage replacement for California employees who are not able to work due to health problem, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) benefits 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 people. Employers likewise have the alternative of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is responsible for preparing policy development, system upkeep, support, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch supplies data processing technical assistance and services for one of the largest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers essential audit, investigation, study, evaluation, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services assistance programs operate successfully and effectively, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and secure billions of dollars in monetary properties that go through the EDD yearly. Also acts as the EDD's primary intermediary with state and federal chosen authorities and supplies 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 consisted of Marketing and 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 manages the EDD site and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the biggest taxation in the nation, the Tax Branch deals with all administrative, education, client service, and enforcement functions for the audit and collection of UI, DI, Employment Training Tax, 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 documents and remittances, and preserves records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch uses a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and provides one-on-one services to companies to help them fulfill their tax responsibilities.
  
  Learn more details about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program provides advantages to people who have actually lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, have the ability to work, and want to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays out almost $6 billion UI benefits and receives 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 Workforce Services Branch (WSB) operates among the biggest public work services operations worldwide using services at hundreds of service areas statewide and connecting one million job applicants with companies each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job candidate services consist of job recommendation, task search workshops, placement services, and special support to individuals who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
  
  Services to employers include matching job openings with qualified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch likewise provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of task openings and the largest pool of job candidates in California.
  
  The WSB also administers several statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing adults and youth for the workforce and developing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million annually in federal funds to offer training services for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of regional, state, private, and public entities that supply comprehensive and innovative work services and resources to satisfy the needs of the California labor force.