The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a wide array of services to millions of 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 taxation company, the EDD likewise deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves employment records for more than 17 million California employees.

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has employees situated at numerous service areas throughout California who offer many essential services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.

• Helping job seekers obtain work.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-dependent.
• Helping out of work and handicapped workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
• Supporting state activities and benefit programs by collecting and employment 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 provides administrative assistance to the Department consisting of business operations planning and support services, human resource services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department's annual budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The manages the instructions of the Department to guarantee that programs and services follow the Department's mission and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination complaints filed versus the Department by employees, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and supplies specialist services on all elements of equivalent job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal advice and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and policy.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which supplies partial wage replacement for California employees who are unable to work due to health problem, 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 also administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed people. Employers also have the alternative of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is accountable for planning policy development, system maintenance, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch supplies information processing technical support and services for among the biggest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers essential audit, examination, survey, evaluation, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services assistance programs operate successfully and effectively, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and protect billions of dollars in monetary properties that travel through the EDD each year. Also serves as the EDD's main liaison with state and federal elected authorities and provides details, 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 Public Affairs Branch is made up of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The General Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD website and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the largest taxation 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, employment 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 files and employment remittances, and preserves records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch uses a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and provides individually services to employers to assist them satisfy their tax responsibilities.
  
  Discover more information about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years back, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies advantages to people who have actually lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, are able to work, and are prepared to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays out nearly $6 billion UI benefits and gets and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is funded by mandated employer contributions. Additional services provided under the UI program consist of Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.
  
  Workforce Services Branch
  
  The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) operates one of the largest public work services operations on the planet offering services at hundreds of service areas statewide and linking one million job seekers with companies each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job seeker services include task recommendation, task search workshops, placement services, and unique assistance to people who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to companies include matching task openings with certified candidates and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch also offers CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless job openings and the largest pool of job hunters in California.
  
  The WSB also administers a number of statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that concentrate on preparing grownups and youth for the manpower and developing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million yearly in federal funds to supply 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 cooperation of local, state, personal, and public entities that offer extensive and innovative work services and resources to meet the requirements of the California workforce.