The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a wide array of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce financial investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest tax collection firm, the EDD likewise deals with 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 hundreds of service places throughout California who offer many important services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting companies with their labor requirements.

• Helping job candidates get employment.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-sufficient.
• Helping out of work and disabled workers 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 organization operations planning and assistance services, human resource services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's yearly budget.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates the direction of the Department to guarantee that programs and services follow the Department's mission and goals. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and solves discrimination complaints submitted against the Department by employees, employers, and candidates for employment and training, and provides consultant services on all aspects of equivalent employment opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal advice and assistance 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 employees who are unable to work due to disease, 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 likewise administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed individuals. Employers likewise have the choice of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is responsible for preparing policy development, system upkeep, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch supplies data processing technical assistance and services for among the biggest infotech environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers key audit, investigation, study, examination, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering agencies. These services assistance programs operate efficiently and effectively, meet federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and secure billions of dollars in monetary possessions that go through the EDD annually. Also serves as the EDD's primary intermediary with state and federal chosen authorities and provides information, analyses, and policy assistance on legal matters to the Labor employment and Workforce Development Agency, the Governor's Office, and other governmental entities.
  
  Public Affairs Branch
  
  The Public Affairs Branch is comprised of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch supplies outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD website and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the biggest tax collection firms in the nation, the Tax Branch handles 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 nearly $54 billion in payroll taxes, consisting of more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million employer payroll tax documents and remittances, and keeps records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch uses a variety of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and supplies one-on-one services to employers to assist them meet their tax responsibilities.
  
  Discover more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years back, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies advantages to individuals who have actually lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are work, have the ability 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 brand-new claims. The program is moneyed 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 employment services operations worldwide offering services at hundreds of service areas statewide and linking one million task seekers with employers each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job candidate services include task referral, task search workshops, placement services, and special help to people who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
  
  Services to employers include matching job openings with qualified candidates and employment specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of task openings and the biggest pool of job applicants in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers several statewide workforce preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing adults and youth for the labor force and constructing the state's economy. California distributes 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), employment formerly called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a cooperation of local, state, personal, and public entities that provide detailed and ingenious work services and resources to meet the needs of the California labor force.