The Employment Development Department (EDD) provides a variety 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 tax collection company, the EDD likewise deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps employment records for more than 17 million California workers.

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

- Assisting companies with their labor requirements.

• Helping task candidates obtain employment.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in becoming self-dependent.
• Helping unemployed and handicapped workers 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 Employment Opportunity Office Legal Office
  
  Administration Branch
  
  The Administration Branch supplies administrative assistance to the Department consisting of company operations preparing and assistance services, human resource services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department's yearly budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates the instructions of the Department to make sure that programs and services are consistent with the Department's mission and goals. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination grievances submitted against the Department by workers, employers, and candidates for employment work and training, and supplies expert services on all elements of equal work chance. Legal Office: Provides legal suggestions and assistance to the Director and Department management in with lawsuit, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and guideline.
  
  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 more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages 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 individuals. Employers likewise have the option 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 provides data processing technical support and employment services for among the biggest infotech environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch provides essential audit, investigation, study, evaluation, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering agencies. These services help programs run successfully and effectively, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and secure billions of dollars in financial assets that pass through the EDD every year. Also works as the EDD's primary intermediary with state and federal chosen officials and offers details, 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 Public Affairs Branch is consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch provides outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD site and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the biggest taxation agencies in the nation, the Tax Branch handles all administrative, education, employment 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, 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 offers a range of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and provides individually services to employers to help them satisfy their tax commitments.
  
  Discover more details about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years back, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies 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 prepared to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI advantages and receives and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is funded by mandated employer 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) operates one of the largest public work services operations on the planet providing services at hundreds of service areas statewide and linking one million job seekers with employers each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job applicant services consist of task recommendation, job search workshops, positioning services, and special help to individuals who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to companies consist of matching task openings with qualified candidates and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch also offers CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of task openings and the biggest swimming pool of job seekers in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing grownups and youth for the workforce and constructing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million every year 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 local, state, personal, and public entities that offer detailed and ingenious employment services and resources to fulfill the requirements of the California labor force.