The Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a variety of services to countless 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 taxation company, the EDD likewise the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps work records for more than 17 million California employees.

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has employees located at numerous service places throughout California who offer numerous crucial services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.

• Helping job hunters acquire work.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-sufficient.
• Helping out of work and disabled employees through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
• Supporting state activities and benefit 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 Job Opportunity Office Legal Office
  
  Administration Branch
  
  The Administration Branch offers administrative support to the Department including organization operations preparing and support services, human resource services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's yearly spending plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the direction 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 includes:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and solves discrimination grievances filed versus the Department by employees, employers, and employment applicants for employment and training, and provides consultant services on all aspects of equal work chance. Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and support to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, contracts, 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 unable 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 receives and processes more than 927,000 claims. The DI Branch likewise administers the Paid Family Leave program and employment DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed people. Employers also have the option of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is responsible for planning policy advancement, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch supplies data processing technical support and services for among the largest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch provides essential audit, investigation, study, evaluation, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services assistance programs run effectively and efficiently, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in financial assets that travel through the EDD each year. Also works as the EDD's primary liaison with state and federal chosen authorities and supplies information, 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 General Public Affairs Branch provides outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD website and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the biggest taxation agencies in the nation, the Tax Branch deals with 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 gathers 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 employment maintains records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch offers a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and supplies individually services to companies to help them meet 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 provides benefits to people who have actually lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, have the ability to work, and want to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays out nearly $6 billion UI benefits and gets and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is moneyed 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 biggest public work services operations worldwide offering services at numerous service locations statewide and connecting one million task seekers with companies each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job seeker services include job referral, job search workshops, positioning services, and unique assistance to people who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to employers include matching task openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch likewise provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless job openings and the largest swimming pool of task applicants in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing grownups and youth for the labor force and building the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million yearly in federal funds to offer training services for adults, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of regional, state, personal, and public entities that offer thorough and ingenious employment services and resources to satisfy the requirements of the California labor employment force.