The Employment Development Department (EDD) provides a variety of services to countless 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 largest taxation company, the EDD likewise handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and maintains employment records for more than 17 million California workers.

Among the biggest state departments, the EDD has workers situated at hundreds of service locations throughout California who offer lots of essential services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting employers with their labor needs.

• Helping job seekers get work.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-sufficient.
• Helping unemployed 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 offers administrative support to the Department including company operations planning and assistance services, human resource services for employment EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's yearly budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates the direction of the Department to guarantee that programs and services follow the Department's objective and goals. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and solves discrimination grievances filed versus the Department by staff members, employers, and candidates for employment and training, and provides specialist services on all elements of equivalent employment opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal suggestions and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and regulation.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which supplies partial wage replacement for California workers who are unable 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 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 also have the option of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is accountable for planning policy advancement, system maintenance, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch supplies data processing technical support and services for one of the largest infotech environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers key audit, investigation, study, evaluation, and employment evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services help programs operate efficiently and efficiently, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in monetary possessions that go through the EDD each year. Also functions as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal chosen authorities and provides 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 consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch provides outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD site and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the largest 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 collects almost $54 billion in payroll taxes, consisting of more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax documents and remittances, and preserves records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch uses a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and offers individually services to companies to assist them meet their tax commitments.
  
  Learn more details about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years back, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers benefits to people who have actually lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, have the ability to work, and want to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays out almost $6 billion UI benefits and gets and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is funded 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) runs among the largest public employment services operations in the world providing services at numerous service places statewide and connecting one million job hunters with employers each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job hunter services consist of task referral, task search workshops, positioning services, and special assistance to individuals who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to companies include matching task openings with certified candidates and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also offers CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the biggest pool of task seekers in California.
  
  The WSB also administers a number of statewide workforce 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 offer training services for adults, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of local, state, personal, and public entities that provide comprehensive and innovative work services and resources to the needs of the California workforce.