The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a large 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 biggest taxation agency, the EDD likewise deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and maintains work records for more than 17 million California employees.

One of the largest state departments, the EDD has employees situated at numerous service locations throughout California who offer lots of important services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.

• Helping task applicants obtain work. the federally-funded labor force investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, job and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-dependent.
• 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 job 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 supplies administrative assistance to the Department including business operations preparing and assistance services, personnel services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's annual budget.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the direction of the Department to ensure that programs and services follow 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, companies, and applicants for work and training, and offers expert services on all aspects of equivalent job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal suggestions 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 administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California employees who are not able to work due to health problem, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays 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 choice of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch supplies data processing technical support and services for among the biggest infotech environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch supplies essential audit, examination, survey, evaluation, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services help programs run efficiently and effectively, job fulfill federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in financial properties that pass through the EDD every year. Also works as the EDD's main liaison with state and federal elected officials and supplies info, 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 consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch supplies outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD site and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the biggest taxation 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 collects practically $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million employer payroll tax documents and remittances, and maintains records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch offers a variety of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and offers one-on-one services to companies to help them meet their tax commitments.
  
  Learn more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years ago, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers benefits to individuals who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, are able to work, and want to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI advantages and receives and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is funded by mandated company contributions. Additional services supplied 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 worldwide using services at hundreds of service places statewide and linking one million job seekers with employers each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job seeker services consist of task referral, task search workshops, positioning services, and unique help to people who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to employers include matching task openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch also offers CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of job openings and the largest pool of job candidates in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers numerous statewide labor force preparation programs and job initiatives that concentrate on preparing adults and youth for the workforce and developing the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million annually in federal funds to provide training services for adults, 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, private, and public entities that offer thorough and ingenious employment services and resources to satisfy the needs of the California labor force.