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The Employment Development Department (EDD) uses a wide array of services to countless Californians under Unemployment Insurance (UI), State Disability Insurance (SDI), workforce investment (Jobs and Training), and Labor Market Information programs. As the state's biggest taxation company, the EDD also deals with the audit and collection of payroll taxes and maintains work records for more than 17 million California employees.

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

- Assisting companies with their labor needs.

• Helping job hunters get employment.
• Administering the federally-funded labor force financial investment programs for adults, dislocated workers, and youth.
• Assisting disadvantaged recipients in becoming self-sufficient.
• Helping unemployed and disabled 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 supplies administrative support to the Department including business operations planning and assistance services, human resource services for EDD staff members, and accounting for the Department's annual budget.
  
  Directorate Office
  
  The Director's Office manages the instructions of the Department to ensure that programs and services follow the Department's objective and objectives. In addition, the Director's Office includes:
  
  Equal Employment Opportunity Office: Investigates and grievances submitted against the Department by employees, companies, and applicants for employment and training, and provides expert services on all aspects of equivalent job opportunity. 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 health problem, injury, or pregnancy. Each year, the EDD pays out more than $4.2 billion in Disability Insurance (DI) advantages and gets and processes more than 927,000 claims. The DI Branch likewise administers the Paid Family Leave program and DI Elective Coverage program for self-employed people. Employers also have the choice of electing an alternative Voluntary Plan.
  
  Information Technology Branch
  
  The Infotech Branch is responsible for planning policy advancement, system upkeep, support, operations, and oversight of automated solutions within the Department. The Branch supplies information processing technical assistance and services for among the biggest infotech environments in state federal government.
  
  Policy, Accountability, and Compliance Branch
  
  This branch provides crucial audit, examination, study, evaluation, and evaluation services to the programs administered by the EDD and partnering firms. These services aid programs run efficiently and efficiently, satisfy federal and state statutory and regulatory requirements, and secure billions of dollars in financial properties that pass through the EDD yearly. Also serves as the EDD's main intermediary with state and federal elected authorities and offers info, 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 General Public Affairs Branch offers outreach, marketing, communications, training that supports EDD programs and services, and handles the EDD website and social networks pages.
  
  Tax Branch
  
  Among the biggest taxation companies in the country, the Tax Branch handles all administrative, education, client service, 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 files and remittances, and preserves records for more than 16 million employees. The Branch provides a range of payroll tax workshops and workshops, and offers individually services to employers to assist them fulfill their tax obligations.
  
  Discover more information about EDD's Payroll Taxes.
  
  Unemployment Insurance Branch
  
  Established more than 60 years earlier, the Unemployment Insurance (UI) program supplies benefits to people who have actually lost their jobs through no fault of their own, are actively seeking work, are able to work, and are ready to accept work. Each year, the EDD pays nearly $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 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 employment services operations on the planet providing services at numerous service locations statewide and linking one million task candidates with employers each year.
  
  California receives federal Wagner-Peyser funds for work services. Job hunter services include task recommendation, job search workshops, positioning services, and special assistance to people who are experiencing problem in finding work.
  
  Services to employers consist of matching task openings with qualified prospects and specialized recruitment projects. The Workforce Services Branch also provides CalJOBSSM, an online labor employment exchange system with countless job openings and the largest swimming pool of job applicants in California.
  
  The WSB likewise administers several statewide labor force preparation programs and initiatives that focus on preparing adults and youth for the workforce and constructing the state's economy. California disperses more than $394 million annually in federal funds to offer training services for grownups, dislocated workers, and youth through the America's Job Center of CaliforniaSM(AJCC), previously referred to as One-Stop Career Centers. The AJCC system is a cooperation of regional, state, personal, and public entities that supply detailed and innovative work services and resources to meet the needs of the California labor force.