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

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has workers located at numerous service places throughout California who provide lots of essential services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting employers with their labor requirements.

Helping task hunters get work.
Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, employment and youth.
Assisting disadvantaged receivers in becoming self-dependent.
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 Employment Opportunity Office Legal Office

Administration Branch

The Administration Branch offers administrative support to the Department consisting of service operations preparing and support services, personnel services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's annual budget.

Directorate Office

The Director's Office the instructions of the Department to guarantee that programs and services are consistent with the Department's mission and goals. In addition, employment the Director's Office consists of:

Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and solves discrimination complaints filed versus the Department by workers, employers, and applicants for work and training, and provides consultant services on all elements of equal employment chance. 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 administered the SDI program, employment which supplies partial wage replacement for California employees who are unable to work due to illness, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) benefits 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 also have the option of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Information Technology Branch

The Information Technology Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch offers data processing technical assistance and services for one of the largest info innovation environments in state government.

Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch supplies crucial audit, examination, study, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering agencies. These services help programs run efficiently and efficiently, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in financial properties that pass through the EDD annually. Also acts as the EDD's primary intermediary with state and federal chosen officials and offers information, 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 consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The General Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD website and social networks pages.

Tax Branch

One of the biggest tax collection agencies in the nation, the Tax Branch manages 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 nearly $54 billion in payroll taxes, consisting of more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax files and remittances, and keeps records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch offers a variety of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and provides one-on-one services to employers to help them satisfy their tax commitments.

Learn more details about EDD's Payroll Taxes.

Unemployment Insurance Branch

Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies benefits to individuals who have actually lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, are able to work, employment and are ready to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays out almost $6 billion UI benefits 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 include Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Workforce Services Branch

The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) runs one of the largest public work services operations in the world offering services at numerous service locations statewide and connecting one million job seekers with companies each year.

California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job hunter services consist of task recommendation, job search workshops, placement services, employment and special support to people who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.

Services to employers consist of matching task openings with qualified prospects and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch likewise provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the biggest pool of job seekers in California.

The WSB also administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing adults and employment youth for the manpower and constructing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million every year in federal funds to supply training services for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly known as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of regional, state, personal, and public entities that provide comprehensive and ingenious work services and resources to meet the needs of the California labor force.