The Employment Development Department (EDD) offers a broad range of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), labor force investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest tax collection agency, the EDD likewise handles the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps employment records for more than 17 million California workers.

Among the biggest state departments, employment the EDD has staff members situated at numerous service areas throughout California who provide many essential services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting employers with their .

• Helping task applicants obtain employment.
• Administering the federally-funded labor employment force investment programs for adults, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-dependent.
• Helping unemployed 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 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 assistance to the Department consisting of service operations preparing and support services, personnel services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department's annual budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the direction of the Department to ensure that programs and services follow the Department's objective and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and deals with discrimination grievances filed against the Department by employees, employers, and candidates for work and training, and offers consultant services on all elements of equivalent job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal suggestions and support to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, agreements, 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, employment 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 also administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed individuals. Employers also have the option of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system maintenance, assistance, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch provides information processing technical support and services for among the biggest info technology environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers crucial audit, examination, study, evaluation, and employment evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services assistance programs run effectively and effectively, meet federal and employment state statutory and regulative requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in financial assets that pass through the EDD every year. Also works as the EDD's main liaison with state and federal elected authorities and offers details, analyses, and policy guidance on legislative 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 site and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the biggest tax collection firms 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 collects nearly $54 billion in payroll taxes, including 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 provides a variety of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and supplies individually services to employers to assist them meet their tax commitments.
  
  Learn more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years back, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies benefits 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 work. Each year, the EDD pays almost $6 billion UI advantages and receives and processes more than 2 million brand-new claims. The program is funded by mandated employer contributions. Additional services provided 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 work services operations in the world using services at numerous service areas statewide and linking one million task applicants with companies each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job seeker services consist of task recommendation, job search workshops, positioning services, and unique support to individuals who are experiencing trouble in finding work.
  
  Services to employers consist of matching task openings with certified candidates and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch likewise provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of task openings and the largest swimming pool of task seekers in California.
  
  The WSB also administers a number of statewide labor force preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing grownups and youth for the workforce and developing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million yearly in federal funds to offer training services for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of regional, employment state, private, and public entities that offer comprehensive and innovative work services and resources to satisfy the needs of the California labor force.