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

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

- Assisting employers with their labor needs.

• Helping job candidates obtain work.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and employment youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-dependent.
• Helping jobless and disabled workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
• 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 including service operations preparing and assistance services, personnel services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department's annual spending plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the instructions of the Department to ensure that programs and services are consistent with the Department's objective and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination grievances filed against the Department by staff members, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and offers specialist services on all aspects of equal job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and policy.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California workers who are not able to work due to illness, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays 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 alternative of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is responsible for preparing policy development, system maintenance, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch provides information processing technical support and services for one of the largest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch supplies key audit, investigation, study, examination, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services aid programs run effectively and effectively, meet federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in financial possessions that pass through the EDD yearly. Also serves as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal chosen authorities and supplies details, analyses, and policy assistance on legislative matters to the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the Office, and other governmental entities.
  
  Public Affairs Branch
  
  The General Public Affairs Branch is made up 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 services, and manages the EDD site and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the biggest taxation firms in the nation, 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, the EDD collects nearly $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million employer payroll tax files and remittances, and keeps records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch offers a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and offers one-on-one services to employers to assist them meet their tax responsibilities.
  
  Find out more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers 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 employment. Each year, the EDD pays nearly $6 billion UI benefits and gets and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is moneyed by mandated employer 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 among the largest public work services operations on the planet using services at numerous service locations statewide and linking one million job hunters with companies each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job hunter services include task recommendation, job search workshops, placement services, and unique support to individuals who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to employers include matching job openings with certified candidates and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch also provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of job openings and the largest pool of job hunters in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers a number of statewide labor force preparation programs and initiatives that concentrate on preparing adults and youth for the labor force and constructing the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million each year in federal funds to offer training services for grownups, dislocated employees, and 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 meet the requirements of the California workforce.