The Employment Development Department (EDD) provides a wide range of services to millions of Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), labor force investment (Jobs and Training), and job Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest tax collection firm, the EDD also deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and maintains employment records for more than 17 million California employees.

One of the biggest state departments, the EDD has employees located at numerous service areas throughout California who offer lots of crucial services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting employers with their labor requirements.

• Helping job seekers acquire 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 disabled employees through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
• 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 support to the Department consisting of service operations planning and assistance services, human resource services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department's yearly spending plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the direction of the Department to make sure that programs and job services follow the Department's objective and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination grievances filed against the Department by workers, companies, and applicants for work and training, job and provides consultant services on all aspects of equivalent job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and support 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 illness, 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 also administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed individuals. Employers likewise have the alternative of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system maintenance, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch provides data processing technical support and services for one of the largest info innovation environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch provides key audit, investigation, survey, evaluation, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering agencies. These services aid programs operate successfully and efficiently, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and protect billions of in monetary assets that go through the EDD each year. Also acts as the EDD's primary intermediary with state and federal elected authorities and provides details, analyses, and policy assistance on legal matters to the Labor job and Workforce Development Agency, the Governor's Office, and other governmental entities.
  
  Public Affairs Branch
  
  The General 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 agencies in the country, the Tax Branch handles 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, job the EDD collects practically $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, job processes more than 27 million company 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 supplies individually services to employers to help them meet their tax responsibilities.
  
  Discover more information about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers benefits to individuals who have actually lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, are able to work, and are ready to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays out almost $6 billion UI advantages and receives and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is funded by mandated employer 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 among the biggest public work services operations on the planet providing services at numerous service locations statewide and linking one million task hunters with employers each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job seeker services include task recommendation, task search workshops, positioning services, and special help to individuals who are experiencing trouble in finding work.
  
  Services to employers include matching job openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch likewise uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of job openings and the largest swimming pool of task seekers in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and initiatives that concentrate on preparing grownups and youth for the workforce and constructing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million each year in federal funds to provide training services for adults, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of regional, job state, private, and public entities that offer thorough and innovative employment services and resources to meet the requirements of the California workforce.