The Employment Development Department (EDD) provides a wide array 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 taxation company, the EDD also deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves employment records for more than 17 million California workers.

Among the biggest state departments, the EDD has staff members located at numerous service locations throughout California who supply many essential services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.

• Helping task candidates acquire employment.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in becoming self-sufficient.
• Helping out of work and handicapped employees 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 employment 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 business operations planning and support services, personnel services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's yearly spending plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates the direction of the Department to ensure that programs and services are constant with the Department's mission and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and employment resolves discrimination grievances filed versus the Department by employees, companies, and candidates for work and training, and provides consultant services on all aspects of equal job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal advice and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and guideline.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California employees who are not able 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 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 also have the choice of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is responsible for planning policy development, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch provides data processing technical assistance and services for one of the largest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch provides crucial audit, examination, study, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services aid programs run effectively and efficiently, satisfy federal and state statutory and employment regulative requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in financial properties that pass through the EDD yearly. Also functions as the EDD's main liaison with state and employment federal chosen officials and supplies info, 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 General Public Affairs Branch is consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and employment the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch supplies outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD site and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the largest tax collection firms in the country, the Tax Branch handles 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 practically $54 billion in payroll taxes, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax files and remittances, and preserves records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch uses a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and supplies individually services to employers to assist them meet their tax responsibilities.
  
  Find out more details 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 lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, are able to work, and want to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays out nearly $6 billion UI benefits and gets and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is funded by mandated employer contributions. Additional services provided under the UI program include 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 in the world using services at hundreds of service locations statewide and connecting one million job candidates with employers each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job candidate services include job referral, employment job search workshops, placement services, and unique help to people who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to companies include matching job openings with qualified candidates and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the largest pool of job hunters in California.
  
  The WSB also statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing grownups and youth for the manpower and constructing the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million every year in federal funds to offer training services for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of regional, state, private, and public entities that provide extensive and innovative employment services and resources to meet the needs of the California workforce.