The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a large variety 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 also manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps employment records for more than 17 million California workers.

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has workers located at numerous service areas throughout California who supply numerous important services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.

• Helping job seekers obtain work.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force financial investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-dependent.
• Helping jobless and handicapped workers through the administration of the UI and .
• 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 Employment Opportunity Office Legal Office
  
  Administration Branch
  
  The Administration Branch provides administrative assistance to the Department including company operations preparing and assistance services, human resource services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's yearly budget.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates the instructions of the Department to make sure that programs and services are constant with the Department's objective and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and fixes discrimination complaints filed versus the Department by employees, companies, and applicants for employment and training, and offers specialist services on all aspects of equivalent work chance. Legal Office: Provides legal advice and assistance to the Director employment and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and guideline.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which offers partial wage replacement for California workers 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 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 individuals. Employers likewise have the option of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is responsible for preparing policy advancement, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch supplies information processing technical assistance and employment services for one of the largest information technology environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch provides crucial audit, examination, survey, examination, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services help programs operate efficiently and effectively, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in monetary properties that pass through the EDD each year. Also works as the EDD's primary intermediary with state and federal chosen officials and supplies information, analyses, and policy assistance on legislative 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
  
  Among the largest taxation agencies in the country, 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 almost $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax documents and remittances, and maintains records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch uses a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and offers individually services to employers to help them fulfill their tax obligations.
  
  Learn more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies benefits to individuals who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, are able to work, and want to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays out almost $6 billion UI advantages and receives and processes more than 2 million brand-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 among the largest public work services operations in the world providing services at numerous service places statewide and connecting one million job hunters with companies each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job seeker services include task referral, job search workshops, placement services, and special assistance to people who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
  
  Services to companies include matching task openings with certified prospects 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 candidates in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers a number of statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that concentrate on preparing grownups and youth for the manpower and constructing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million yearly in federal funds to provide training services for adults, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a cooperation of regional, state, private, and public entities that offer detailed and ingenious employment services and resources to meet the needs of the California labor force.