The Employment Development Department (EDD) provides a broad variety of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest taxation agency, the EDD also handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps work records for more than 17 million California employees.

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

- Assisting employers with their labor needs.

• Helping task seekers acquire work.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being 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 offers administrative assistance to the Department consisting of business operations planning and assistance services, personnel services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department's yearly spending 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 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, companies, and candidates for work and training, and offers expert services on all elements of equal work chance. Legal Office: Provides legal suggestions and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, job and policy.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had 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 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 people. Employers also have the option of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is accountable for preparing policy development, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch supplies information processing technical support and services for among the biggest details innovation environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch supplies crucial audit, job investigation, survey, examination, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services aid programs run efficiently and effectively, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and secure billions of dollars in financial properties that go through the EDD every year. Also functions as the EDD's main liaison with state and federal chosen officials and supplies 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 Public Affairs Branch is consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch supplies outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD website and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the largest taxation firms in the nation, the Tax Branch manages all administrative, education, consumer service, job 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, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company 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 provides individually services to employers to help them fulfill their tax responsibilities.
  
  Learn more information about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program provides advantages to individuals who have lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, are able to work, and want to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI advantages and receives and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is funded by mandated company contributions. Additional services provided under the UI program consist of Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and job Trade Adjustment Assistance.
  
  Workforce Services Branch
  
  The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) operates among the biggest public work services operations worldwide providing services at numerous service places statewide and linking one million task candidates with employers each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job seeker services include job recommendation, job search workshops, positioning services, and unique help to individuals who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
  
  Services to employers consist of matching job openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also offers CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of job openings and the largest pool of job seekers in California.
  
  The WSB also administers a number of statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that concentrate on preparing grownups and youth for the workforce and developing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million every year in federal funds to offer training services for adults, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously understood as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of local, state, job personal, job and public entities that provide detailed and job innovative work services and resources to meet the needs of the California labor force.