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

One of the largest state departments, the EDD has workers located at numerous service areas throughout California who provide numerous essential services to millions each year, of:

- Assisting employers with their labor requirements.

• Helping task seekers acquire work.
• Administering the federally-funded workforce investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged receivers in becoming self-sufficient.
• Helping out of work 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 supplies administrative assistance to the Department including company operations preparing and support services, personnel services for EDD workers, and accounting for the Department's annual spending plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office orchestrates the instructions of the Department to make sure 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 resolves discrimination grievances submitted against the Department by workers, employers, and candidates for work and training, and offers consultant services on all elements of equal job opportunity. Legal Office: Provides legal recommendations and assistance to the Director and Department management in connection with court cases, administrative hearings, agreements, legislation, and guideline.
  
  Disability Insurance Branch
  
  For 60 years, the EDD had administered the SDI program, which offers partial wage replacement for California workers who are unable to work due to illness, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages 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 people. Employers likewise have the choice of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is responsible for planning policy development, system upkeep, support, operations, and oversight of automated options within the Department. The Branch offers information processing technical support and services for among the biggest details innovation environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, employment Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers crucial audit, investigation, survey, evaluation, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services help programs run efficiently and effectively, fulfill federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and safeguard billions of dollars in financial possessions that travel through the EDD every year. Also serves as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal chosen officials and supplies information, 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 Public Affairs Branch is made up of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The General 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 largest tax collection companies 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, including more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax documents and remittances, and maintains records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch uses a range of payroll tax seminars and workshops, and supplies one-on-one services to employers to assist them satisfy their tax commitments.
  
  Discover more information about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years back, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers advantages to individuals who have actually lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively looking for work, have the ability to work, and are prepared to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays out almost $6 billion UI benefits and gets and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is funded by mandated employer contributions. Additional services offered 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 biggest public employment services operations on the planet offering services at hundreds of service places statewide and connecting one million job hunters with employers each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job seeker services include task recommendation, task search workshops, placement services, and special help to individuals who are experiencing difficulty in finding work.
  
  Services to companies include matching job openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment campaigns. The Workforce Services Branch also provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with countless job openings and the largest swimming pool of job hunters in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers several statewide workforce preparation programs and efforts that concentrate on preparing grownups and youth for the labor force and constructing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million annually in federal funds to supply training services for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), formerly understood as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a cooperation of regional, state, personal, and public entities that provide extensive and innovative work services and resources to fulfill the needs of the California workforce.