The Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a large range of services to millions of Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest firm, the EDD also handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps employment records for more than 17 million California employees.

One of the largest state departments, the EDD has employees located at numerous service locations throughout California who supply many crucial services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting employers with their labor needs.

• Helping task hunters acquire employment.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in becoming self-sufficient.
• Helping out of work and handicapped 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 Job Opportunity Office Legal Office
  
  Administration Branch
  
  The Administration Branch supplies administrative assistance to the Department consisting of business operations planning and support services, human resource services for EDD workers, and employment accounting for the Department's yearly spending plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates the instructions of the Department to ensure that programs and services follow the Department's objective and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and fixes discrimination problems submitted versus the Department by staff members, companies, and applicants for work and training, and provides specialist services on all aspects of equivalent job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal suggestions and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and policy.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which supplies partial wage replacement for California employees who are unable to work due to disease, 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 likewise administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed individuals. Employers likewise have the alternative of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is accountable for planning policy development, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch supplies information processing technical support and services for one of the biggest information innovation environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch supplies essential audit, examination, study, examination, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services help programs operate efficiently and effectively, meet federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in monetary possessions that travel through the EDD annually. Also functions as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal chosen authorities and provides 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 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 tax collection agencies in the country, 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, consisting of more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million employer payroll tax documents and remittances, and preserves records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch uses a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and supplies individually services to employers to assist them meet their tax commitments.
  
  Learn more information about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years ago, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies benefits to people who have actually lost their jobs through no fault of their own, employment are actively looking for work, are able to work, and are prepared to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays out nearly $6 billion UI advantages and receives and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is moneyed 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 on the planet providing services at hundreds of service locations statewide and connecting one million job applicants with employers each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job seeker services consist of job referral, task search workshops, placement services, and unique support to individuals who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
  
  Services to companies include matching task openings with qualified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the largest swimming pool of task applicants in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers numerous statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing adults and youth for the labor force and building the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million each year in federal funds to offer training services for employment grownups, dislocated employees, 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 local, state, private, and public entities that offer thorough and ingenious work services and resources to fulfill the needs of the California labor force.