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

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has staff members situated at numerous service areas throughout California who offer numerous essential services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.

• Helping get work.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-dependent.
• Helping out of work and handicapped 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, 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 preparing and support services, personnel services for EDD staff members, job and accounting for the Department's yearly budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates the direction of the Department to guarantee that programs and services are constant with the Department's mission and goals. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination problems submitted against the Department by employees, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and offers specialist services on all aspects of equivalent job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal advice and support to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and guideline.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which offers partial wage replacement for California workers who are not able to work due to disease, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages and gets 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.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is accountable for preparing policy development, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch offers information processing technical assistance and services for among the largest info innovation environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch provides essential audit, examination, study, examination, and review 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 regulative requirements, and secure billions of dollars in financial assets that go through the EDD annually. Also serves as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal elected officials and provides information, analyses, and policy assistance on legislative 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 General Public Affairs Branch provides outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and job services, and handles the EDD site and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the biggest taxation agencies 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, job the EDD gathers almost $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax files and remittances, and preserves records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch provides a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and offers individually services to employers to assist them meet their tax commitments.
  
  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 actually lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, have the ability to work, and are ready to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays out almost $6 billion UI benefits 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 include Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.
  
  Workforce Services Branch
  
  The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) runs one of the biggest public work services operations in the world providing services at numerous service areas statewide and connecting one million job seekers with employers each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job applicant services include job referral, task search workshops, positioning services, and special support to individuals who are experiencing trouble in finding work.
  
  Services to companies consist of matching job openings with certified candidates and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch likewise uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of task openings and the largest pool of job seekers in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers numerous statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that concentrate on preparing adults and youth for the manpower and building the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million each year in federal funds to supply training services for adults, dislocated workers, and job youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly understood as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of regional, state, private, and public entities that supply comprehensive and innovative employment services and resources to satisfy the needs of the California workforce.