The Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a wide range 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 tax collection agency, the EDD likewise deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and preserves employment records for more than 17 million California employees.

One of the biggest state departments, the EDD has employees situated at numerous service locations throughout California who provide lots of essential services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting employers with their labor requirements.

• Helping job hunters get employment.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force financial investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-sufficient.
• Helping jobless and disabled 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 provides administrative assistance to the Department consisting of business operations preparing and assistance services, employment personnel services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's yearly budget.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the instructions of the Department to guarantee that programs and services are constant with the Department's objective and goals. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and solves discrimination grievances submitted against the Department by workers, employers, and applicants for employment and training, and supplies specialist services on all elements of equivalent job opportunity. 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 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 likewise have the option of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is accountable for planning policy advancement, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch offers data processing technical support and services for among the biggest details technology environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, employment and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch supplies key audit, investigation, survey, evaluation, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services help programs operate efficiently and effectively, meet federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and secure billions of dollars in that travel through the EDD every year. Also serves as the EDD's primary liaison with state and federal elected authorities and provides 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 the Web Content and Usability Group. The General Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD website and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the biggest taxation companies in the nation, the Tax Branch deals with all administrative, education, customer care, 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 documents and remittances, and keeps records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch offers a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and supplies individually services to employers to help them meet their tax commitments.
  
  Learn more information about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years ago, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers advantages to people who have lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, have the ability to work, 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 company 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 among the largest public employment services operations on the planet providing services at hundreds of service locations statewide and connecting one million job seekers with employers each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job hunter services include task referral, job search workshops, placement services, and unique help to people who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
  
  Services to companies consist of matching task openings with qualified candidates and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch likewise offers CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless job openings and the biggest swimming pool of task candidates in California.
  
  The WSB also administers a number of statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that concentrate on preparing adults and youth for the manpower and building the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million yearly in federal funds to offer training services for grownups, dislocated employees, employment and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a cooperation of local, state, personal, and public entities that supply extensive and innovative work services and resources to satisfy the requirements of the California workforce.