The Employment Development Department (EDD) provides a variety 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 company, the EDD also manages the audit and collection of payroll taxes and maintains work records for more than 17 million California employees.

One of the biggest state departments, the EDD has staff members situated at hundreds of service locations throughout California who supply many important services to millions each year, consisting of:

- Assisting employers with their labor needs.

• Helping job seekers acquire employment.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce financial investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in ending up being self-dependent.
• Helping unemployed and handicapped employees 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 Job Opportunity Office Legal Office
  
  Administration Branch
  
  The Administration Branch offers administrative support to the Department including company operations planning and support services, human resource services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's yearly budget plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates the instructions of the Department to ensure that programs and services follow the Department's mission and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office consists of:
  
  Equal Job Opportunity Office: Investigates and setiathome.berkeley.edu solves discrimination complaints filed against the Department by workers, companies, and candidates for work and training, and offers consultant services on all elements of equivalent employment opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal advice and support to the Director and Department management in connection with lawsuit, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and guideline.
  
  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 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 also administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed people. Employers also have the alternative of choosing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Information Technology Branch is accountable for planning policy development, system maintenance, support, operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch provides data processing technical assistance and services for among the biggest infotech environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers essential audit, examination, study, examination, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering agencies. These services help programs run effectively and efficiently, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in financial possessions that travel through the EDD every year. Also acts as the EDD's primary intermediary with state and federal elected officials and supplies details, 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 comprised of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The General Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, interactions, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD site and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the largest taxation firms in the nation, the Tax Branch manages all administrative, education, customer support, and for the audit and collection of UI, DI, Employment Training Tax, and Personal Income Tax (PIT) withholding. Each year, the EDD collects practically $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 offers a variety of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and supplies individually services to employers to assist them fulfill their tax commitments.
  
  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 people who have 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 almost $6 billion UI benefits and wiki.vst.hs-furtwangen.de receives and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is funded by mandated company 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 among the largest public work services operations in the world using services at hundreds of service areas statewide and linking one million job applicants with companies each year.
  
  California gets federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job candidate services consist of job recommendation, task search workshops, placement services, and unique assistance to people who are experiencing trouble in finding work.
  
  Services to employers include matching job openings with qualified prospects and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch likewise provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless job openings and the largest pool of job applicants in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers several statewide workforce preparation programs and initiatives that concentrate on preparing grownups and youth for the workforce and constructing the state's economy. California distributes more than $394 million annually in federal funds to provide training services for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of local, state, personal, and public entities that offer comprehensive and ingenious employment services and resources to meet the needs of the California workforce.