Assisting Employers with Their Labor Needs
The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a variety of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), labor force financial investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's largest tax collection agency, 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 employees located at numerous service areas throughout California who offer many important services to millions each year, including:
- Assisting employers with their labor needs.
- Helping task applicants obtain work.
- Administering the federally-funded labor force financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth.
- Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-sufficient.
- Helping out of work and handicapped employees through the administration of the UI and .
- 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 support to the Department consisting of organization operations preparing and support services, human resource services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's annual budget.
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 consists of:
Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and deals with discrimination grievances submitted versus the Department by workers, companies, and applicants for employment and training, and supplies consultant services on all elements of equal employment chance. Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and assistance 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 actually administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California workers who are not able to work due to health problem, injury, or 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 likewise administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed people. Employers likewise have the option of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
Infotech Branch
The Information Technology Branch is responsible for planning policy advancement, system maintenance, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch supplies data processing technical assistance and services for one of the biggest infotech environments in state government.
Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
This branch offers key audit, investigation, survey, examination, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services aid programs run effectively and effectively, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and secure billions of dollars in monetary properties that travel through the EDD annually. Also works as the EDD's main intermediary with state and employment federal chosen authorities and offers information, analyses, and policy guidance on legislative 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 comprised of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The General Public Affairs Branch supplies outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD site and social media pages.
Tax Branch
One of the largest taxation firms in the nation, the Tax Branch deals with all administrative, education, client service, 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 almost $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax documents and remittances, and keeps records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch uses a range of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and offers individually services to companies to assist them fulfill 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 provides benefits to people who have lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, have the ability to work, and want to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays out almost $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) operates among the largest public work services operations in the world offering services at numerous service locations statewide and linking one million job hunters with companies each year.
California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job candidate services include task referral, task search workshops, positioning services, and unique support to individuals who are experiencing problem in finding work.
Services to companies consist of matching task openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch also provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the largest pool of task hunters in California.
The WSB also administers a number of statewide labor force preparation programs and employment initiatives that focus on preparing adults and youth for the workforce and building the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million every year in federal funds to supply training services for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of local, state, personal, and public entities that offer thorough and ingenious employment services and resources to fulfill the needs of the California workforce.