The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a wide range of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest taxation company, employment the EDD also handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and maintains work records for more than 17 million California employees.

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

- Assisting employers with their labor requirements.

• Helping job seekers get employment.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in becoming self-sufficient.
• Helping unemployed and handicapped workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
• Supporting state activities and advantage 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 Job Opportunity Office Legal Office
  
  Administration Branch
  
  The Administration Branch provides administrative assistance to the Department including organization operations preparing and support services, human resource services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's yearly spending plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the instructions of the Department to make sure that programs and services follow the Department's mission and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and fixes discrimination problems submitted versus the Department by staff members, employers, and candidates for work and training, and supplies specialist services on all elements of equivalent employment chance. Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, contracts, legislation, and policy.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California employees who are not able to work due to disease, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in (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 choice of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is accountable for planning policy development, system upkeep, support, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch provides information processing technical assistance and services for one of the largest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers crucial audit, examination, study, assessment, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services assistance programs run successfully and effectively, satisfy 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 main intermediary with state and federal elected officials and employment supplies 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 General Public Affairs Branch is consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, employment communications, training that supports EDD programs and employment services, and manages the EDD website and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the largest taxation firms 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 files and remittances, and employment keeps records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch provides a range of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and offers one-on-one services to companies to help them meet their tax obligations.
  
  Find out more information about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years ago, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program provides advantages to individuals who have lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, have the ability to work, and want 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 funded by mandated employer contributions. Additional services supplied under the UI program include 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 offering services at numerous service areas statewide and connecting one million job hunters with companies each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job applicant services consist of job recommendation, task search workshops, placement services, and unique assistance to people who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
  
  Services to companies consist of matching job openings with qualified candidates and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch also offers CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of task openings and the biggest swimming pool of job hunters in California.
  
  The WSB also administers a number of statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing adults and youth for the labor force and developing the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million every year in federal funds to offer training services for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly understood as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of local, state, personal, and public entities that provide comprehensive and innovative work services and resources to fulfill the needs of the California workforce.