The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a wide range of services to millions of 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 firm, the EDD likewise manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps employment records for more than 17 million California workers.

One of the largest state departments, the EDD has employees situated at numerous service areas throughout California who supply numerous essential services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting companies with their labor requirements.
- Helping task candidates obtain work.
- Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
- Assisting disadvantaged recipients in becoming self-dependent.
- Helping out of work and handicapped workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
- Supporting state activities and benefit 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 supplies administrative support to the Department including organization operations planning and support services, human resource services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department's annual budget plan.

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 Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and resolves discrimination grievances submitted versus the Department by staff members, companies, and candidates for employment and training, and supplies specialist services on all aspects of equivalent work 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 provides partial wage replacement for California workers who are not able to work due to health problem, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out 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 alternative of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.

Information Technology Branch

The Infotech Branch is responsible for preparing policy advancement, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch provides information processing technical assistance and services for one of the biggest details technology environments in state government.

Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch

This branch supplies essential audit, investigation, study, assessment, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering agencies. These services aid programs run effectively and effectively, meet federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and secure billions of dollars in financial assets that go through the EDD each year. Also functions as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal chosen authorities and provides 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 made up of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The General Public Affairs Branch provides outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD website and social media pages.

Tax Branch

One of the largest tax collection firms in the nation, the Tax Branch manages 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 collects almost $54 billion in payroll taxes, consisting of more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax documents and remittances, and preserves records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch provides a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and supplies individually services to companies to assist them fulfill 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 provides benefits to people who have actually lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, are able 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 company contributions. Additional services provided under the UI program consist of Work Sharing, Disaster Unemployment Assistance, and Trade Adjustment Assistance.

Workforce Services Branch

The Workforce Services Branch (WSB) runs among the biggest public work services operations on the planet offering services at numerous service places statewide and connecting one million job seekers with employers each year.

California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job hunter services consist of job recommendation, job search workshops, positioning services, employment and unique help to people who are experiencing trouble in finding work.

Services to employers include matching task openings with qualified candidates and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of job openings and employment the biggest swimming pool of job hunters in California.

The WSB likewise administers a number of statewide workforce preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing grownups and youth for the labor force and building 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), previously understood as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of local, state, private, and public entities that offer extensive and ingenious employment services and resources to meet the requirements of the California workforce.