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

One of the largest state departments, the EDD has staff members situated at hundreds of service areas throughout California who offer lots of important services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.

• Helping task hunters acquire work.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients 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 collecting and administering employment-related taxes (UI, 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 assistance to the Department including company operations preparing and support services, human resource services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's annual budget.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the instructions of the Department to make sure that programs and services are constant with the Department's objective and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: employment Investigates and fixes discrimination problems filed against the Department by workers, employers, and candidates for work and training, and provides consultant services on all elements of equivalent work chance. Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and support 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 administered the SDI program, which offers partial wage replacement for California workers who are not able to work due to health problem, injury, or employment pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) benefits 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 employment self-employed people. Employers also have the alternative of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is responsible for preparing policy advancement, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch supplies information processing technical assistance and services for one of the biggest infotech environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, employment Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers key audit, examination, survey, examination, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services help programs run effectively and effectively, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and secure billions of dollars in monetary assets that pass through the EDD each year. Also acts as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal elected officials and provides 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 comprised of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch supplies outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD site and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the biggest tax collection agencies in the country, the Tax Branch deals with all administrative, education, 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 nearly $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 variety of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and supplies one-on-one services to companies to help them fulfill their tax responsibilities.
  
  Find out more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years ago, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies benefits to people who have 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, employment the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI benefits and receives and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is moneyed by mandated company contributions. Additional services supplied under the UI program include Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.
  
  Workforce Services Branch
  
  The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) operates one of the biggest public work services operations on the planet providing services at numerous service areas statewide and linking one million task hunters with employers each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job candidate services consist of task recommendation, task search workshops, positioning services, and unique assistance to people who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
  
  Services to employers include matching task openings with qualified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also offers CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless job openings and the biggest pool of task seekers in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers numerous force preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing adults and youth for the workforce and building the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million annually in federal funds to provide training services for grownups, 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 partnership of regional, state, personal, and public entities that provide comprehensive and employment innovative employment services and resources to fulfill the needs of the California labor force.