The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a broad 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 biggest tax collection firm, the EDD likewise deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves for more than 17 million California workers.

One of the biggest state departments, the EDD has employees located at numerous service areas throughout California who provide numerous essential services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.

• Helping job seekers acquire work.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for employment grownups, dislocated workers, 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 gathering and administering employment-related taxes (UI, SDI, Employment Training Tax, employment and Personal Income Tax withholding).
  
  EDD Branches
  
  Administration Branch Directorate Office Equal Job Opportunity Office Legal Office
  
  Administration Branch
  
  The Administration Branch provides administrative support to the Department including organization operations preparing and support services, human resource services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's annual budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the direction of the Department to make sure that programs and services are constant with the Department's objective and goals. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination problems filed against the Department by workers, companies, and applicants for work and training, and provides consultant services on all elements of equal job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, agreements, 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, 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 people. Employers likewise have the option of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is accountable for planning policy advancement, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch offers information processing technical assistance and services for one of the biggest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers crucial audit, examination, survey, examination, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering agencies. These services help programs run efficiently and efficiently, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in monetary assets that pass through the EDD each year. Also acts as the EDD's primary intermediary with state and federal chosen officials and provides information, analyses, and policy guidance on legal 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 supplies outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD website and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the biggest tax collection agencies in the country, the Tax Branch manages 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 company payroll tax files and employment remittances, and keeps records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch uses a range of payroll tax seminars and workshops, employment and provides one-on-one services to employers to assist them meet their tax obligations.
  
  Discover more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies benefits to individuals who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, have the ability to work, and are prepared to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays nearly $6 billion UI advantages and receives and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is funded by mandated company contributions. Additional services provided under the UI program include Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.
  
  Workforce Services Branch
  
  The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) runs among the largest public employment services operations in the world providing services at hundreds of service locations statewide and linking one million job candidates with companies each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job hunter services include job referral, task search workshops, placement services, and special help to people who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to employers consist of matching job openings with certified candidates and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch likewise uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of task openings and the largest pool of task hunters in California.
  
  The WSB also administers numerous statewide labor force preparation programs and initiatives that concentrate 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 supply training services for adults, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly known as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a cooperation of regional, state, private, and public entities that provide comprehensive and ingenious employment services and resources to meet the requirements of the California workforce.