The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a large variety 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 largest taxation firm, the EDD also manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and keeps work records for more than 17 million California employees.

Among the biggest state departments, the EDD has staff members located at numerous service places throughout California who supply numerous essential services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting employers with their labor needs.

• Helping task hunters acquire employment.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in becoming self-dependent.
• Helping jobless and handicapped employees 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 provides administrative support to the Department including service operations preparing and assistance services, human resource services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's yearly budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the direction of the Department to make sure that programs and services are constant with the Department's mission and goals. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: employment Investigates and deals with discrimination grievances submitted versus the Department by staff members, employers, and candidates for work and training, and supplies consultant services on all elements of equal job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal guidance and support to the Director and employment Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and employment regulation.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had actually administered the SDI program, which provides partial wage replacement for California employees who are unable to work due to disease, injury, employment or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) benefits and gets 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 likewise have the option of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch offers data processing technical support and services for among the largest information innovation environments in state government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers key audit, investigation, survey, assessment, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering companies. These services help programs operate effectively and effectively, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in monetary possessions that go through the EDD yearly. Also serves as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal elected authorities and provides info, analyses, and policy assistance 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 Public Affairs Branch supplies outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD site and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the biggest tax collection companies in the country, the Tax Branch deals with all administrative, education, client service, and enforcement functions for the audit and employment collection of UI, DI, Employment Training Tax, employment and Personal Income Tax (PIT) withholding. Each year, the EDD collects almost $54 billion in payroll taxes, employment including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million employer payroll tax documents and remittances, and maintains records for more than 16 million workers. The Branch offers a range of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and offers one-on-one services to companies to help them meet their tax commitments.
  
  Learn more info about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program to people who have lost their tasks through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, are able to work, and are prepared to accept employment. Each year, the EDD pays out nearly $6 billion UI benefits and receives and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is moneyed by mandated employer 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 employment services operations worldwide offering services at numerous service places statewide and linking one million task seekers with companies each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job applicant services include task referral, job search workshops, positioning services, and unique help to people who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to companies consist of matching job openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless task openings and the largest swimming pool of task candidates in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers a number of statewide labor force preparation programs and initiatives 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 workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly known as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a partnership of local, state, personal, and public entities that offer detailed and innovative employment services and resources to fulfill the needs of the California labor force.