The Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a variety of services to millions of Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), labor force financial investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest tax collection company, the EDD also handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves work records for more than 17 million California employees.

One of the biggest state departments, the EDD has staff members situated at numerous service places throughout California who offer numerous important services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting companies with their labor requirements.

• Helping job seekers acquire work.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-sufficient.
• Helping out of work and disabled workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
• Supporting state activities and benefit 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 support to the Department consisting of service operations planning and support services, personnel services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department's annual budget.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates the direction of the Department to guarantee that programs and services are consistent with the Department's objective and job objectives. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination grievances submitted versus the Department by employees, companies, and candidates for work and training, and supplies specialist services on all elements 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 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) benefits and job receives 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 individuals. Employers also have the choice of an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system maintenance, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch supplies information processing technical support and services for among the largest information innovation environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers key audit, examination, study, evaluation, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering agencies. These services aid programs run efficiently and effectively, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and protect billions of dollars in monetary properties that pass through the EDD every year. Also acts as the EDD's primary 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 made up of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The General Public Affairs Branch supplies outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD website and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the biggest taxation companies in the country, the Tax Branch deals with all administrative, education, client service, 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 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 keeps records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch provides a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and provides individually services to employers to assist them satisfy their tax responsibilities.
  
  Discover more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program provides benefits to people who have actually lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, have the ability to work, and are prepared to accept employment. 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 offered 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 numerous service areas statewide and linking one million task applicants with employers each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job hunter services include task referral, job search workshops, positioning services, and special support to people who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to companies consist of matching task openings with qualified candidates and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch also uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of job openings and the biggest swimming pool of task hunters in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing grownups and youth for the workforce and building the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million annually in federal funds to provide training services for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of local, state, private, job and public entities that offer thorough and ingenious work services and resources to satisfy the needs of the California labor force.