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

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has staff members located at numerous service locations throughout California who supply numerous important services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting companies with their labor requirements.

• Helping job hunters acquire employment.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in becoming self-sufficient.
• Helping jobless and disabled workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
• Supporting state activities and benefit programs by gathering and administering employment-related taxes (UI, employment 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 consisting of company operations preparing and assistance services, personnel services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's annual budget.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the direction of the Department to ensure that programs and services are constant with the Department's mission and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and fixes discrimination grievances filed versus the Department by employees, employers, and candidates for employment and training, and offers expert services on all elements of equal job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal advice and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and regulation.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which offers partial wage replacement for California workers who are not able 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 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 likewise have the choice of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is accountable for planning policy advancement, system maintenance, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch supplies information processing technical assistance and services for one of the biggest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch supplies essential audit, investigation, study, evaluation, and evaluation 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 secure billions of dollars in financial possessions that travel through the . Also works as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal elected 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 comprised of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD website and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the largest tax collection firms in the country, the Tax Branch manages 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 collects almost $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 employees. The Branch provides a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and provides one-on-one services to employers to help them meet their tax commitments.
  
  Find out more information about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years back, 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 are willing to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI advantages and gets and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is funded by mandated company 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 one of the biggest public work services operations worldwide offering services at hundreds of service places statewide and linking one million job hunters with companies each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job hunter services consist of task recommendation, task search workshops, positioning services, and special help to individuals who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to employers consist of matching job openings with qualified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch likewise uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the biggest swimming pool of task hunters in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers a number of statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing adults and youth for the manpower and developing the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million every year in federal funds to provide training services for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously known as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of regional, state, personal, and public entities that supply detailed and ingenious work services and resources to meet the requirements of the California workforce.