The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a wide range of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce financial investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's largest taxation agency, the EDD also manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves work records for more than 17 million California workers.

One of the largest state departments, the EDD has workers situated at numerous service places throughout California who provide numerous important services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting employers with their labor needs.

• Helping job candidates get employment.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in becoming self-dependent.
• Helping out of work and handicapped employees through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
• Supporting state activities and job 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 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 spending plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates 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 consists of:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and solves discrimination complaints submitted against the Department by workers, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and supplies specialist services on all elements of equal job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, 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 not able to work due to disease, injury, job 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 also have the option of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system maintenance, assistance, operations, and job oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch offers data processing technical assistance and services for among the largest information innovation environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch provides crucial audit, examination, survey, examination, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services aid programs operate effectively and effectively, meet federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in financial assets that go through the EDD yearly. Also works as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal elected authorities and supplies 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 consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and the EDD site and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the largest tax collection agencies in the nation, the Tax Branch manages all administrative, education, customer care, 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, consisting of 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 provides a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and supplies one-on-one services to companies to assist them satisfy their tax commitments.
  
  Discover more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years back, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers advantages to people who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, are able to work, and are willing to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays nearly $6 billion UI benefits and receives and job processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is funded by mandated company contributions. Additional services supplied under the UI program consist of Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, job and job Trade Adjustment Assistance.
  
  Workforce Services Branch
  
  The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) operates among the largest public work services operations on the planet offering services at hundreds of service areas statewide and connecting one million task applicants with employers each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job seeker services consist of task recommendation, job search workshops, placement services, and special support to individuals who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
  
  Services to employers include matching job openings with qualified candidates and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch likewise uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of job openings and the biggest swimming pool of job seekers in California.
  
  The WSB also administers a number of statewide workforce preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing grownups and youth for the workforce and constructing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million each year in federal funds to offer training services for adults, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously known as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of local, state, personal, and public entities that supply thorough and ingenious employment services and resources to meet the requirements of the California workforce.