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

Among the largest state departments, the EDD has workers situated at hundreds of service locations throughout California who offer numerous important services to millions each year, including:

- Assisting companies with their labor requirements.

• Helping job seekers acquire work.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force financial investment programs for grownups, dislocated employees, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in ending up being self-sufficient.
• Helping out of work and handicapped workers through the administration of the UI and SDI programs.
• Supporting state activities and advantage programs by gathering 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 consisting of business operations planning and support services, personnel services for EDD employees, and accounting for the Department's annual spending plan.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the instructions of the Department to guarantee that programs and services are constant with the Department's objective and goals. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and deals with discrimination grievances filed against the Department by employees, employers, and candidates for employment and training, and provides expert services on all elements of equivalent employment chance. Legal Office: Provides legal suggestions 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 actually administered the SDI program, which supplies 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) 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 people. Employers also have the alternative of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Infotech Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is accountable for preparing policy advancement, system upkeep, assistance, employment operations, and oversight of automated services within the Department. The Branch offers information processing technical and services for one of the largest info innovation environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch offers essential audit, investigation, survey, assessment, and review services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services aid programs operate effectively and effectively, meet federal and state statutory and regulative requirements, and secure billions of dollars in monetary possessions that go through the EDD each year. Also serves as the EDD's primary liaison with state and federal elected authorities and provides 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 Public Affairs Branch is consisted of Marketing and Constituent Services, Communications, and the Web Content and Usability Group. The Public Affairs Branch provides outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and manages the EDD site and social media pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  One of the biggest tax collection companies in the nation, the Tax Branch handles all administrative, education, customer support, 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, consisting of more than $42 billion in PIT, processes more than 27 million company payroll tax files and remittances, and preserves records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch provides a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and supplies one-on-one services to employers to help them fulfill their tax commitments.
  
  Find out more details about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years ago, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program offers advantages to individuals 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 nearly $6 billion UI advantages and gets and processes more than 2 million new claims. The program is moneyed by mandated company contributions. Additional services supplied 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 largest public work services operations worldwide providing services at numerous service areas statewide and linking one million job applicants with companies each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for employment services. Job candidate services include job referral, task search workshops, placement services, and special support to people who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to companies include matching task openings with certified prospects and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch also uses CalJOBSSM, an online labor exchange system with thousands of task openings and the biggest pool of task seekers in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers several statewide workforce preparation programs and efforts that focus on preparing adults and youth for the workforce and building the state's economy. California distributes 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), previously called One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a collaboration of local, state, personal, and public entities that supply detailed and innovative employment services and resources to meet the requirements of the California labor force.