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

One of the biggest state departments, the EDD has workers situated at numerous service locations throughout California who offer lots of crucial services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting employers with their labor needs.

• Helping task seekers obtain employment.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-dependent.
• Helping unemployed and handicapped employees 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 consisting of organization operations preparing and assistance services, human resource services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's annual spending plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates the instructions of the Department to guarantee that programs and services follow the Department's objective and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and fixes discrimination complaints filed versus the Department by workers, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and supplies expert services on all aspects of equivalent employment chance. Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and support to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and policy.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had 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, employment 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 also 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.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is accountable for planning policy advancement, system maintenance, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch provides information processing technical support and services for one of the largest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch supplies key audit, examination, study, evaluation, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services aid programs run efficiently and efficiently, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and protect billions of dollars in monetary properties that go through the EDD each year. Also functions as the EDD's primary intermediary with state and federal elected authorities and offers info, analyses, and policy assistance on legislative matters to the Labor and 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 Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD website and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the largest tax collection firms in the country, the Tax Branch handles all administrative, education, customer support, 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 nearly $54 billion in payroll taxes, consisting of 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 employees. The Branch uses a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and provides one-on-one services to companies to assist them meet their tax commitments.
  
  Learn more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers benefits to individuals 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 work. Each year, the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI advantages and gets and processes more than 2 million brand-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) runs one of the largest public employment services operations worldwide offering services at numerous service places statewide and connecting one million task hunters with companies each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job hunter services consist of task recommendation, task search workshops, placement services, and special assistance to people who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
  
  Services to companies consist of matching job openings with qualified 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 applicants in California.
  
  The WSB also administers numerous statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that concentrate on preparing adults and youth for the labor employment force and constructing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million annually in federal funds to supply training services for grownups, 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 provide comprehensive and innovative employment services and resources to meet the requirements of the California labor force.